Or do you think you are free from sin? I know that I need to confess and ask for absolution.
2007-04-20 12:48:00 · 12 answers · asked by Mr Wisdom 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you do not believe in sin then how can you explain all of the evil in the world?
2007-04-20 12:55:26 · update #1
You can't sin against a god that doesn't exist. So nothing to confess.
2007-04-20 12:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why should I? I know I am not free from my wrong doings, but that does not mean I only need to tell some imaginary master and all my wrong doings will be erased from records, what do you think we are? Computer in a networked environment? Just tell the system administrator (Priest, pastor, empty space) and he will erase what you had done wrong (sin) from the server (god)?
If you think you need to confess, that is perfectly fine with me, but try not to treat everyone as the same as you. We are humans, not pre-programmed robots.
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If you believe the perfect god, how do you explain the evil in the world? He should not create evil in the first place....
2007-04-20 13:06:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those that you sinned against will be glad to hear that. I never understood that part of Christianity that telling some old geezer (who was just lusting after some altar boy) all my sins; that suddenly all those rotten things I did are now ok. Let's pass a new law that any criminal can simply confess to the judge and ask for forgiveness - and then he can just walk away a free man. Agreed???
2007-04-20 12:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confession means nothing. If you do something wrong, you can't clear if from your past -- what's important is to acknowledge what you did and try to act in a better way in the future.
2007-04-20 13:03:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't believe in sin any more than they believe in God.
2007-04-20 12:53:22 · answer #5 · answered by dtwladyhawk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're kidding, right?
We don't believe in sin. It isn't that we think we are free from it, we just don't consider it as existing. It has no value. We know right from wrong; that's all that matters.
2007-04-20 12:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Kharm 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe in sin. I went to the park today and walked my puppy. That was refreshing enough for me.
Added: I don't believe in evil either.
2007-04-20 12:50:52 · answer #7 · answered by glitterkittyy 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sin is a made up concept.
Whereas immorality and bad ethics exist.
2007-04-20 12:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, as an atheist I am not free from your conception of sin, but luckily you catholics and christians have the monopoly of guilt, and didn't leave any for the rest of us. :)
2007-04-20 12:51:27 · answer #9 · answered by Juan 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I confess...I missed confession.
2007-04-20 12:50:58 · answer #10 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋