What actually is " sin"..?
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Any time you violate the command to LOVE, you sin!\n\nThe definition of love is summed up in the 10 commandments!\n\nIt does not matter whether you profess a religion or not, everyone expects to be treated according to the ten commandments!\n\nIf you disagree, tell me which of the commandments is irrelevant to you as far as others interactions with you are concerned!
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Well since "original sin" is nothing but a translation error, it's silly to hold anyone to such a farce.\nYou see in the greek bible, "all are born without sin". But when St Anselm was doing the translation, his Latin was much better than his Greek and the Latin word for "with" is very close to the Greek word for "without".\nSo, because someone did'nt do thier homework, original sin was born. Fun huh?
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flatlinzreborn is right. The first sin was disobeying God. Regardless of what that fruit was.
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A sin is any act against the Word and Will of God.\n\nedit note... if you are not of The True Christian Faith you need not be concerned with sin... the concept dose not apply to you... it applies to those of God... it is a misconception that sin will keep someone from Heaven... What will keep most out of Heaven is rejecting God( not coming to Him in The Way he proscribes)\n\nI accept email questions concerning The True Christian Faith.  1 honest question receives 1 honest answer to the best of my ability.
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Sin is the human idea of that which is disapproved of by the human concept of a supreme being.
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Good question. \nLet me see if I can explain.\n\nOkay sin is all sin, but there are 2 "kinds" of sin. There is sin and then there are sins (plural).\n\nAll sin seperates us from God becasue God is perfect and he can't be with sin. So sin always blocks us from him.\n\nWhen we are born, we are born in sin, therefore sin is in our hearts. (To put it another way, we have a root of sin in us) That is why we need to be saved. When we accept Christ, he forgives us and that root (sin) is gone. We are completely forgiven, and we recieve access to God. That is what salvation is.\n\nHowever, even though we are forgiven and saved, we still mess up sometimes because we are human and we're not perfect. In other words, we commit sins. The sins we commit will not keep us out of heaven (becasue we have been saved)but they will keep us from God (because all sin does that). They get in the way of our faith and hinder our prayers. (For example have you ever messed up and felt guilty, then you were hesitant to pray because of the guilt?) Those sins will always get in our way, but as soon as we confess them to God, he forgives them and takes them away. Then the block is gone and he is free to continue moving in our lives. \n\nSo think of it this way, we are saved when we accept Christ, so we no longer have to worry about going to hell. But confession helps us to maintain a good relationship with our father.\n\nLook at it this way. If you have a child, you will love your child no matter what. Hopefully you would discipline your child, but you would never seriously harm them, and you would always protect them to the best of your ability. But if the child decided to rebel, run away from home, and "live a life of sin," it would be harder for you to protect the child, and the child would get hurt along the way. On the other hand, if the child was obediant and respectful to you, it would be easier and the child would be better off (safer, better taken care of becuase you would have the ability to provide better in that case). But you would still love the child either way right. In the same way, God loves us no matter what we do, but as we confess our sins and obey him, we give him more ability to care for us better. If we run away and rebel, he still loves us, but we are on our own to sufer the consequenses that go with the sin we commit. So obviously the best thing for us is to confess and stay close to our father, so that we may recieve the full protection and benefits. (Plus from the parent perspective that's what He wants us to do becasue he wants to care for us closely.)\n\nOf course how you confess is between you and God. Ultimately God is the only one you have to answer to. However confessing to others (whom you trust) often does help becasue it helps us to "walk in the light" and avoid sin. I personally have never been to a formal confession, but I have benefited alot from accountibility partners and groups. In other words I have turned to trusted friends and confessed to them when I needed to. They in turn prayed for me and encouraged me, helping me get through things I needed to get through in life. I would definately suggest hooking up with a person or small group where you can do this.
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Sin. It started in one place, with one person. And guilt, a primitive motivation for personal change. And forgiveness, when sin and guilt become oppressive. And Christ, the infinite. Who no mortal (finite) mind could conceive, much less form. And the big 'Amen'.
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well, its kinda like saying hate the sin, but love the sinner. im almost offended by it, but it is just another persons oppinion
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I have never convested a sin in my life.  What is that?
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Galatians 2:17\n17"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!\n\nSIN.\n\nThe Point of it all is SIN, and yes Sin is serious! We need Christ's forgiveness!
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Sin is a sin is a sin.  I think there are some sins that are greater than others, but only in the minds and opinions of man (a white lie is not as great as murder.)  Man differentiates between sin, not God.
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Sure.\n\n"Weakness" is a state of frailty or being weak, while "Sin" is the act of transgressing against The Law...\n\nPeace be with you.
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We are not parts of God. We are creations of God. You might use the analogy of an artist and a masterpiece work of art.\n\nSin is a deliberate thought, word, deed, or omission contrary to the eternal law of God. \n\nIn other words, sin is anything that hurts your relationship with God.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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a sin is something (a belief or action) that seperates us from God. the Bible, which is Gods word, teaches that people are not reborn and that there is a heaven and a hell. believing otherwise is contradictory to what God has told us, so that would seperate us from him. so yes.
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The concept of sin was made up to control people. 'If people don't stop doing it when I tell them to, maybe they will when God tells them.'\n\n\nThere's no such thing as mistakes or failure, only feedback.
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The tool of sin was created to let human understand their imperfections and to point towards a higher plane of consciousness.\n\nBut the human mind wrongly reads and keeps him busy in showing him other's sins
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God hates sin, because it seperates man from Him, it destoys mankind. Sin is bad.