Is the concept of the sin a human invention?

Answer 1

Yes - All animals kill, have intercourse, ignore superstitions like god, steel from their neighbors etc. They do it to survive. This included the human animal.

About 10 to 15 thousand years ago, humans started to settle into communities because they started to farm. This led to the need to control some of the survival instincts. Thus rules were born. these are call morals. To make them easy to administer - invent and all seeing - ever present judged.

This leaves you with a problem. You have declared that killing, stealing, uncontrolled intercourse is wrong, so how do u explain it when you need to raid a neighbor. Well you declare that your Judge is the right and only one, and the others are all evil. So now you have the right to destroy them.

10/15 '000 and its still happening now.

By the way - sin comes from the latin for left handedness - the Roman thought it was bad to be lefthanded.

Answer 2

The concept of sin as it is taught and practiced by most 'religionists' today is an invention resulting from a lack of knowledge due to mistranslation (purposeful or not) of the original Greek word HAMARTANO.

This is what spiritual teacher and author Joseph John (JJ) Dewey has to say about the present day concept of sin:

"The word sin comes from the Greek word HAMARTANO which means "to miss the mark." In other words when the Greeks, 2000 years ago, shot at a target with an arrow and missed they "sinned" (HAMARTANO) or missed the target. Is this how the word "sin" is used today? Verily no. When the religious person thinks of sin in our age, he generally thinks of being unclean and ridden with guilt."

"Out of harmony" or "error" would be other ways to put it."

"The original word 'sin' was not meant to convey guilt. It was meant to convey missing the mark. When we really miss the mark is when we let guilt enter in and over ride us so much that we refuse to even try again because guilt makes you feel like you're not worthy. When you feel like you're not worthy you don't try again. You give up trying. I'm not worthy, I'm not good enough. I'm not going to try because God will probably be mad at me if I try."

"But if you realize that the original word for 'sin' means merely to miss the mark, then we look at the people who lived in the time of Jesus in a totally different light. When Jesus said, "Sin no more" He meant don't make anymore mistakes or bad judgments. So we must learn to be like the ancient Greek archers who, when they shot an arrow and missed the mark they didn't say they were a terrible person. Instead they took another arrow and tried to shoot again and again. If they missed the bulls eye they tried another one and tried until finally they got it. That's the way we are when we have achieved the salvation that Jesus taught. We keep trying and trying again. Remember the principle of self-correction? Like our bodies keep correcting themselves, we need to keep correcting ourselves until we finally hit the mark."

Regards,

Answer 3

Satan made the first sin, and passed on the concept to the human.

Answer 4

Without a doubt, yes. What is considered normal conduct in one part of the world could be sinful in another part of the world. Why? Because the humans living in each place made it so.

Answer 5

The VERY fact that there is moral evil in the world...

So why then can sin not be possible? Only humans can do such moral evil against others. If you deny the concept wrought by humans, you deny much of human history as well.

Answer 6

Though it is human it is done at a higher level. Humans who live like animals are not bothered about it. If we think high and have wisdom, we will consider certain thiongs not contributing to eternal happiness living in the mode of goodness. In short... a better life is less sinful. No killing, good thoughts, sympathy for fellow beings and nature, love, strength, cleanliness, freedom etc

Answer 7

Well, my cat didn't come up with the idea. Sin is derived from the human emotion of guilt. Plain and simple. Feeling sorry for your "sins" will not make them go away, because sin is nothing but your guilt trip.

Answer 8

Sin isn't a concept. It's real. How do I know? My mom told me. She said that masturbation is a sin, and every time I did it, I wouldn't get my allowance. Since I never earned an allowance, I was poor. That's a fact.

Answer 9

It's more specifically a Middle Eastern one.

I think it's helpful to think about the way a mythic structure and cosmology arise within a culture in logical, human terms: you have these various warring tribes. They live in a *desert.* Life is hard.

So . . . in their creation myths, they started out in this beautiful, abundant Garden. Why else would they be where they are, unless they were being PUNISHED?

It all follows from there.

My ancestors lived in forests, where it got really cold. To them . . . the ice was malevolent, the sun was kind. The coming of spring was celebrated, a good harvest was vital, and in winter, one gathered around the hearth fire. OUR stories come from those experiences.

Answer 10

I think it depends on the sin... in some cases, such as murder, rape, theft, incest, you know, the biggies, it is human nature to be averse to these things, and by human nature i mean instinct. but many "sins" are more about keeping control over belief and imposing structure and in those cases it is more human... err... "man-made"