2007-12-06 01:29:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is not a sin as long as you recognize that God is the one who gives everyone the ability to make accomplishments. "I am the vine. You are the Branches. Without me, you can do nothing."
2007-12-06 02:33:09 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work 100 percent of the time?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
Love and blessings
don
2007-12-06 09:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Proud and Pride are two different words. You allowed to be proud of even yourself.
Proud is to be excited/satisfied with an accomplishment.
ex: Anna was excited she got an A on the test, the highest in class and decided to show her mom and dad.
Pride is to put yourself in a higher place than you deserve.
ex: Anna was excited she got an A on the test, the highest in class and decided to stand up on the chair in class and say "I am obviously the smartest kid in this classroom. [laughing while flashing her 'A' paper] You guys know where to find me if you need special help."
2007-12-06 09:39:22 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who cares? I don't run my life based on outdated lists of rules of what's right or wrong.
You have a brain, so use it. I'm sure you know the pros and cons of being proud. Personally, I think that such things can be good or bad depending on what the person did to make you proud and the extent by which you are.
If you're proud for someone getting promoted because they did a lot of hard work, that's great. If you're proud for someone getting a promotion by slandering and telling lies about other contenders for the position, that's not so great. If you're so proud of someone else that you're living vicariously through that other person's accomplishments, that's probably going too far. Ultimately, you have to judge these things for yourself. You have to live your own life.
2007-12-06 09:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am proud of my children every day. If that is sinful, then so be it. I would say No, It is not sinful.
2007-12-06 09:35:15 · answer #5 · answered by flyerfan61800 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
They say pride is sin - but i don't see how.
I'm proud of my 3y/o who is special needs when she says another new word, i'm proud of my husband for being the man he is - why would that be wrong?
I think to boast pride in yourself can be sinful, but that's just something that my husband mentioned one time on this topic.
2007-12-06 09:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by Kat 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pride is one of the 7 deadly sins so yes it is sinful.
2007-12-06 09:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by wolfkarew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not.
Pride becomes a sin when we begin to see ourselves as the source of the good things in our life such as our talents and abilities and fail to recognize these things as gifts from God.
2007-12-06 09:33:05 · answer #8 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only if you believe that pride is a sin.
2007-12-06 09:32:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
PROUD OF SOME ONE ELSE IS OK, OF ONES SELF IS NOT GOOD
2007-12-06 10:13:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋