Three of the worlds major religions (Christian, Jewish, Islam) believe there is SIN---These religions believe there is punishment for SINS-----All religions have their own way of interpreting what is a SIN and who SINNED against whom and it is this interpretation that leads to violence or less than peaceful actions.
All other faiths do not attach sin to a deity but more to a disruption of social or ethical codes. If there was never ever a Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith and the world's believers were Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Shinto etc. do you think that the world would have enjoyed a more peaceful existence over the centuries?
Thoughts On Sin
Thoughts On Sin
Lon;1322112 wrote: Three of the worlds major religions (Christian, Jewish, Islam) believe there is SIN---These religions believe there is punishment for SINS-----All religions have their own way of interpreting what is a SIN and who SINNED against whom and it is this interpretation that leads to violence or less than peaceful actions.
All other faiths do not attach sin to a deity but more to a disruption of social or ethical codes. If there was never ever a Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith and the world's believers were Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Shinto etc. do you think that the world would have enjoyed a more peaceful existence over the centuries?
Yes - I believe that the established Church has a lot to answer for throughout history.
All other faiths do not attach sin to a deity but more to a disruption of social or ethical codes. If there was never ever a Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith and the world's believers were Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Shinto etc. do you think that the world would have enjoyed a more peaceful existence over the centuries?
Yes - I believe that the established Church has a lot to answer for throughout history.
Thoughts On Sin
Lon;1322112 wrote: Three of the worlds major religions (Christian, Jewish, Islam) believe there is SIN---These religions believe there is punishment for SINS-----All religions have their own way of interpreting what is a SIN and who SINNED against whom and it is this interpretation that leads to violence or less than peaceful actions.
All other faiths do not attach sin to a deity but more to a disruption of social or ethical codes. If there was never ever a Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith and the world's believers were Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Shinto etc. do you think that the world would have enjoyed a more peaceful existence over the centuries?
Possibly it would have- but possibly it would not have. The history of any particular part of the world before it heard of Christ, say, was at least as violent as it was after it heard of Christ. Before WW1, it may be that Christ had a restraining influence on Europe, the Americas, and other parts, such as India. Asia, which has been much less influenced by the message of the peaceful Christ, has been the scene of extreme acts of violence, including massacre, of which most in the West are unaware. Even today, Asian governments are shamed into restraint by Western critics. It seems to be that it was Jesus the carpenter who gave the world a conscience.
It is very hard to quantify and evaluate levels of violence globally, but certainly, there is no obvious reason to blame a deity who 'attaches' sin to humanity. One might even consider that a race so prone to violence as humanity deserves to be called sinful. Maybe the deity of the Bible told us nothing that we did not already know.
All other faiths do not attach sin to a deity but more to a disruption of social or ethical codes. If there was never ever a Christian, Jewish or Islamic faith and the world's believers were Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Shinto etc. do you think that the world would have enjoyed a more peaceful existence over the centuries?
Possibly it would have- but possibly it would not have. The history of any particular part of the world before it heard of Christ, say, was at least as violent as it was after it heard of Christ. Before WW1, it may be that Christ had a restraining influence on Europe, the Americas, and other parts, such as India. Asia, which has been much less influenced by the message of the peaceful Christ, has been the scene of extreme acts of violence, including massacre, of which most in the West are unaware. Even today, Asian governments are shamed into restraint by Western critics. It seems to be that it was Jesus the carpenter who gave the world a conscience.
It is very hard to quantify and evaluate levels of violence globally, but certainly, there is no obvious reason to blame a deity who 'attaches' sin to humanity. One might even consider that a race so prone to violence as humanity deserves to be called sinful. Maybe the deity of the Bible told us nothing that we did not already know.
Thoughts On Sin
According to the Talmud, sin is, above all, an act of stupidity A person does not sin,they wrote, unless a spirit of folly has entered into him. So people may be doing something bad, evil, selfish, destructive, enjoyable, defiant, cowardly as the case may be. But above all, he is doing something profoundly stupid.
Yes the world would have been better without stupidity.
Yes the world would have been better without stupidity.