what do you think we do all day that is different from what you do? please enumerate our sins.
2007-02-20 16:15:20 · 25 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Christ gave the priestly apostolic line the authority to forgive or bind sins, that is, to judge. We have judges elected or appointed to judge secular issues. Church doctrine is judged by those in authority in the church.
Christ spoke against the person, having no theological or secular authority to judge, who would act as a judge.
When we form opinions and relate these opinions to others, that is not judgment as defined biblically. When a teacher assigns a grade for work, they are not judging the person, they are judging the work. Spiritually, we are all judged by our works, for there is no other way for us to be known as righteous or not. Faith without works is dead, just as the fig tree that bore no fruit and was cursed by Christ.
So if you complain to another about their bad habits, or actions, you are merely using what God gave us all to reason with, our minds. Yet, we must remember the commandments of Christ to love our neighbors and to love God. Discussing another's faults should be done with this love in mind. If you are scornful or condescending you cross the boundary of loving conern to judgementalism.
Unfortunately, some Christians have wandered off the love reservation and lost their way. This happens because of the sin of pride, the same sin that landed God's perfect creation in the shape it is in today. I believe that what a person sets into writing is a greater act of consciousness than what a person speaks from their mouths. So, when one writes some of the vitriol that we see in this Forum, especially from self-professed believers, we are giving deeper evidence of the state of our faith to others. Some may know the Word of the Lord, but they demonstrate by their actions that they do not know the Lord of the Word.
To make my response even longer I will state to you that I am in no position to enumerate another's sins. I have enough of a struggle honestly teeing mine up each night when I commune with my Maker. Moreover, I do not believe non-believers have no morals. Indeed, the fact that non-believers have morals serves to confirm my belief in a higher moral authority.
2007-02-20 16:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Do you think that you are that different from a Christian? Can you recognize one walking down the street? There are ignorant and intelligent people, forgiving and unforgiving people, giving and taking people in every race and creed in every corner of the world.
I consider myself a Christian but my best friend is an atheist. I don't think he would be my friend if I didn't think he had any morals. I sin just like atheists do because I am human and I can't help it.
2007-02-20 16:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by jkoons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is intellectually dishonest. I know a lot of Christians. Most are too busy trying to convert me to have an opinion on the morality of atheists one way or the other.
I think if we're being fair we have to say that there is "sin" in everyone's life. The only difference between you and the Christians is that they believe they can be forgiven and you don't believe a pardon is necessary.
2007-02-20 16:23:44 · answer #3 · answered by Goofy Foot 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
human beings learn morals from their societies, and close kinfolk, I even have by no potential dealt with a gay individual with malice. you're grouping all Christians in a similar classification. Are all atheists stable human beings? in the top each and every thing is created from determination. EDIT: you recognize that there are homophobic atheists too. Many implies maximum. have you ever met even 5000 Christians, of the Billions there are?
2016-10-02 11:47:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judge not or you will be judged. can you explain DNA or ATP? Some morals are not what I would call beneficial to self or humanity. My father was a staunch atheist and his morals harmed many, although many would have considered him to be a good man. I can't help but hope there is more to life than this fleshly existence and will continue to search for the truth and attempt to not judge you or your sins. Perhaps you may want to ask those who know you best what harm you may cause them or how you enrich their lives.
2007-02-20 16:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by mohayrix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your sin is your rejection of, and thus separation from, God.
I believe Atheists can be very moral people. Sometimes they are more moral than believers, because they are so fixated with the quality of a person's life here on Earth, because they believe this is "all there is."
However, being "moral" isn't what gets you into Heaven, is it?
2007-02-20 23:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Good people will do good things, and bad people will do bad things. But for good people to do bad things—that takes religion." -Stephen Weinberg
=)
As an atheist, I would call myself more moral than my religious counterparts. I don't judge, nor do I disciriminate. The Bible, obviously, isn't the source of all morality; sure, it has a few good things, such as the Ten Commandments, but it also treats women as property and condones rape and murder.
I'm proud to be a moral atheist. I know what's right and what's wrong because I have a conscience. I don't need a higher being to tell me how to behave.
2007-02-20 16:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
first of all i will agree with you that alot of atheists do have morals. i have ran into many that do. and acording to you as an atheist you dont believe in heaven or hell. so acording to that you dont sin in the atheist eyes. but you cant tell me that there is no GOD if there wasnt you wouldnt have the morals that you have now and if there wasnt a devil there wouldnt be all of the hate in the world right now. so if there wasnt neather we wouldnt have good or evil. matter of fact we wouldnt even be here right now if there wasnt a GOD. who do you think created the earth and everything we see. i could go into detail but im not going to argue on this topic. but to enumerate your sins one way or the other if you dont live for GOD (living free from sin) you will find out one day that there is a hell and one of your punisments will be like the rich man that looked up from hell and cried and beged to let him go back to warn his friends that hell is real and that they dont want to go there. but that is not the reason i live for GOD. i live for GOD because of what He has done for me. i use to sin from day to day (lying, lusting, hating, and so forth) but because of the truth of GODs word i have been set free and nobody can take that away from me. i know GOD is real. when you turn your life to him 100% you wont sin day to day like some religous orginiations do. and im not scared to name them out caltholic, baptist, mormon, luthren and should i go on. all of these orginiations teach that you can sin day to day and that is wrong. there is a big difference between them and a true christian. so if you are comparing your self to one of them there is nothing different between you and them, but to a true christian there is a big difference.
2007-02-20 16:59:30 · answer #8 · answered by boatrights2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't sin. In fact, we are more moral on the whole than Christians are. We don't start religious wars. We don't preach about creationism. We don't give money to priests or ministers so that they can rape more poor souls. We don't shun the poor but readily accept the problems in the Middle East. In fact, I could say that we are better at being true Christians than these phony Christians are. Take that.
2007-02-20 16:23:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually atheists can be just as moral as anyone else.
The main "sin" as I see it is refusal to believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
As far as your future goes, I don't understand how someone can go on living thinking that after life is nothing but void, That you don't have a living spirit that continues to live after this body is dead. To me that would be the most scary way to live.
One question, what if you are wrong?
2007-02-20 16:22:05 · answer #10 · answered by Kye H 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋