Questions tagged [sin]
Sin is an act or state of disobedience towards God.
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According to Catholicism, is ”damn” a blasphemous expression?
A lot of things in today's culture have names with the word "damn" in them, e.g., the restaurant Hattie B's Hot Chicken has a menu option named "Damn Hot". I'm sure it was a sin ...
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Suffer the sins of your parents (Deut 5:9) or not (Ezk 18:2) [migrated]
In Ezekiel 18:2, Ezekiel conveys a message from God to the people of Israel.
“Why do you quote this proverb concerning the land of Israel: ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but their children’s ...
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Why would non-Christians go to hell?
If being a non-Christian is a sin, and if Jesus died for all of our sins, why should non-Christians go to hell?
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According to the Bible, is envy a blameworthy emotion?
Note that I'm not asking whether envy is bad. It's common sense that envy is bad and that it's also bad to make others feel envy. What I'm asking is whether experiencing envy is blameworthy.
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For Evangelical/Fundamentalist Protestants, what is the motivation for supporting morality-based legislation?
Just to be clear, I'm only referring to activities that are victimless, or at least harm nobody except for those who willingly participate. If I understand Calvinist (TULIP) theology correctly, ...
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Is it a sin to make jokes about being a priest?
Sometimes my friends call me Father as a joke. It is funny because I am a woman and not a priest. We are wondering if this is a sin of irreverence.
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How did Jesus manage to remain sinless? [closed]
In his 33 years of life, He never sinned. I know I didn’t make it that far before sinning; nobody but Him could or can.
So how did He do it? he was probably tempted to sin, but He didn’t.
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Does the battle between the flesh and the spirit ever get easier?
I am 24 years old. I have been a Christian for 5 years, but was raised in church. For the last two years I have been trying my best to walk out this faith to the best of my ability. I am not trying to ...
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How does God tolerating evil not make Him evil?
To clarify, I'm not asking why God allows evil. I believe there are sufficient arguments for that. What I would like to know is: how can a righteous God tolerate evil without it affecting His nature ...
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According to Catholicism, is divine chastisement due especially to the sins of priests? [closed]
According to Catholicism, is divine chastisement due especially to the sins of priests?
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According to Luther, does guilt consciousness or guilt feeling comes from Satan?
Martin Luther's letter to Jerome Weller on his guilt consciousness
Whenever the devil worries you with these thoughts, seek the company of men at once, or drink somewhat more liberally, jest and play ...
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Has the Catholic Church always believed that sex before marriage is fornication?
We know from the Bible that fornication is a sin:
Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
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What is Catholic Church position regarding alcohol?
I consider myself an Orthodox, and I'm from Eastern Europe (Not Russian, nor Ukrainian) and I discovered that we, Orthodox Christians, are very permissive regarding consuming alcohol. Of course, we ...
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Saints Who Disobeyed Parents or Superiors in Order to Avoid Committing Sin
Regarding Catholic Saints who were members of the laity---I would like to know if there are any who disobeyed their parents in order not to commit sin. (I exclude superiors here, for one could name ...
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How do forgotten sins affect one's salvation according to the Catholic Church?
Consider the following scenario:
Yesterday I confessed my sins in a Catholic Church.
Today I commit a grave sin
Tomorrow I get in a car accident and as a result suffer from memory loss
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What is the basis for the belief "It is possible to have free-will and be incapable of sinning, but it is not possible to be created in that state"?
Some Christians believe that "It is possible to have free-will and at the same time be incapable of sinning, but it is not possible to be created in that state".
For example, in my recently ...
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What is the official Catholic position on heterosexual civil partnerships?
I am a man, and my partner a woman.
Me and my partner are in a civil partnership here in the U.K.
According to the Catholic church, is sex a sin for us?
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Are countries with other religions doomed for hell?
I am someone who has only recently converted to Christianity, and I came upon a troubling point.
If it is a sin to have other gods above God, then how does He feel about countries where everyone has a ...
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According to Christian ethical views other than Divine Command Theory, what exactly made Adam and Eve's eating the forbidden fruit evil?
For scoping purposes, let's assume that Divine Command Theory is false. This means that explanations of the form "X is evil because God said so" would be out of scope. Having clarified that, ...
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How is the claim "lust is evil" shown to be true in Christianity without appealing to Divine Command Theory?
In Matthew 5:27-30 Jesus affirms very unambiguously the sinfulness of lust:
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a ...
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Question about mortal sin and the state of grace?
From what I have read, Catholics either are or are not in a state of grace. There's no grey area in between. Anyone living in an abject state of mortal sin according to the Church incurs a "...
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A Quote of Ven. Leo Dupont on Never Making Peace with One's Sins
I am trying to find a reference which contains an actual quote from Ven. Leo Dupont, which, as I recollect, can be paraphrased as "... but I have never made peace with my sins."
Is anyone ...
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Are good and evil in Christianity ultimately based on maximizing wellbeing and minimizing suffering? [closed]
Let me illustrate with a few examples.
Examples of good in Christianity:
Love: it's evident that love feels good and promotes behaviors that make others feel good. Therefore, love ranks very high on ...
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What explanations are there for God's lack of culpability for the sin that was a part of the plan of salvation? [closed]
Acts 2:22-24 NET says:
22 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man
clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and
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Which is closer to traditional Christian doctrine: Judaism or Mary Baker Eddy?
Regarding the existence of the evil side in every individual, Judaism and Christian Science teach two conflicting doctrines. Judaism teaches that the evil side (Heb. yetzer hara) is an essential and ...
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Is dissent on minor questions answered in the Catholic Catechism considered sinful?
I understand that the catechism of the Catholic church is the authoritative teaching of the ordinaries of the church, and ultimately that of the Pope. However, it is a complex and voluminous body of ...
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What are the arguments in favor of the proposition that it was man's spirit that died in the Garden of Eden?
Genesis 2:7 states the warning given to Adam that if he disobeyed God’s command, he would surely die. Since God spoke with him after he sinned, obviously his body didn’t die. I’m looking for clarity.
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Was salvation available to Lucifer and those angels who rebelled with him?
Revelation describes the nature of the event that led to Lucifer's demise. It seems to be quite clear that Lucifer and his angels, in rebelling against God, engaged in an act of terrible sin.
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In Catholicism, why is heresy a mortal sin?
According to Catholicism, an act of heresy is a mortal sin.
"Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise ...
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Does the Catholic church teach that sin is "transmitted" by the father?
Many questions on this site (usually about Catholic/Marian doctrine) have had references to sin as being inherited/transmitted from the father (and specifically the father, as opposed to either/both ...
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Venial sin and James 1:15
According to Catholic theology, venial sin ruins one's friendship with God, but it does not sever it completely so that the sinner merits Hell. However, James seems to say that all sin produces death. ...
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Are sins discrete events only, or can they also be of a continuous, on-going nature?
This has implications for how we have to repent of sin, and may have more serious repercussions that I haven't thought of.
Discrete cases of sin seem obvious, as when we break a clear command with a ...
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Why does Jesus intercede or Advocate after salvation? [closed]
In several passages, we see Christ as our advocate (1 John 2:1) or our mediator (1 Timothy 2:5).
My question is three fold:
Why does Christ actively mediate or advocate after salvation? Does God the ...
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What would be an orthodoxly Christian, biblically based response to a concern that a Christian could die without repenting of a given sin?
What is the fate of those who believe in Jesus Christ but who die without repenting of something they never discovered was sinful? Simon (Acts 8) likely represents an example with which I can ...
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What are names for different approaches to unintentional sin?
Some (for example, Pat Donahue, the owner of bibledebates.info) contend that unintentional sins separate a person from God just as much as deliberate sins will. By contrast, others (such as Bob Myhan ...
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Are all sins cursed by their own nature?
By cursed, I mean every sin leads the sinner to unhappiness or causes some social issue. I think the Holy Ghost is telling me all sin is cursed (even before the afterlife) even though the lowliest ...
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According to Catholicism, is tempting another person a sin?
According to Catholic theologians, is tempting another person always a sin?
It would seem to be a sin, because tempting someone is to lead him into sin, which is the sin of scandal.
It would seem not ...
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According to the Catholic Church, is taking Anabolic Steroids for enhanced physique and greater workout power sinful?
In body building, people will often take Anabolic Steroids or PEDs to enhance their lifting experience. Often, these people aren't taking steroids to gain an unfair advantage in some competitive sport....
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What are the sins that God kills for in the Bible?
I was recently reading an article online that mentioned Onanism is one of the only four sins that God directly intervenes and kills for in the Biblical narrative. I thought this was really interesting ...
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Why is masturbation a sin? (without human arguments, Pentecostalism) [duplicate]
My side: I believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit , in Bible (solo), that it's possible to have deep experiences nowadays with God as Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Paul did by fasting and seeking souls, and ...
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What was the Early Church's view of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage?
What was the early church's perspective of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage? I know the biblical perspective, but I am incredibly interested in how the early church fathers viewed this ...
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Why do Christians fall into sin despite Biblical promises to the contrary?
I'm referring to promises such as:
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he ...
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According to the Catholic Church, are sex positions that can’t bear children sinful?
Note that my question is asking about married couples, not just any two people engaging in intercourse.
According to the Catholic Church, would a husband in wife be in sin if they committed any of the ...
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What does the Bible say about gender segregation and free mixing of sexes in public places?
Islamic scholars claim it is against Islamic rules to attend events where there is free mixing of men and women (such as concerts, proms and parties):
There follows a list of haraam things which both ...
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If you do something that the Roman Catholic teaches is a grave matter, but you don't agree it is a grave matter, do you have to confess it?
If you are conscious of having done something which the Roman Catholic Church teaches is grave matter, but you don't agree it is, in fact, grave matter; do you have to confess it? For instance, if you ...
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Why don't Protestants use the Augustinian concept of concupiscence?
Concupiscence, which can be defined as
perversity and lack of order, a turning away from the Creator who is more excellent toward creatures which are inferior to Him (To Simplician, I.2.18)
which is ...
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How do Biblical Unitarians who accept Jesus’ sinlessness understand this argument?
All men are sinful.
If Jesus is not God, he is a man.
Thus, if Jesus is a man, he is sinful.
Jesus was not sinful.
Thus Jesus must be more than a man.
Premise 1 is merely an acceptance of Romans 3:23....
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According to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
Not much to add here - I need to ask this question as a pre-cursor to my next question. So, according to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
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Does Jesus' descending into hell in the Apostles Creed have any reference to the scapegoat's descend in the Jewish tradition?
The Creed of the Apostles say that Jesus descended into hell after his death on the cross. He is referred to as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. In this context, it would be ...
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Has the Catholic Church changed which sins incur excommunication?
In light of modern technological progress, has the Catholic Church changed which sins incur excommunication?