I keep hearing people say "don't sin" yet everyone has their own definition of sin.  And the definitions seem to vary.  I have my own but I would like other people thoughts.  So, I ask, What is sin? 

Jen

Sin is doing something that God does not want you to do.  That stuff is in the Bible.  How to interpret the words in there is the hard part.

Anything that pisses God off: that is my simple definition of sin.

Quote from: JLT1 on November 12, 2013, 10:18:52 PM
I keep hearing people say "don't sin" yet everyone has their own definition of sin.  And the definitions seem to vary.  I have my own but I would like other people thoughts.  So, I ask, What is sin? 

Jen

Kia Ora Jen,

I read somewhere that the English word 'sin' derives from an ancient Greek (or Hebrew) word which simply meant "To miss the mark" however it would seems it's been blown right out of proportion...

Metta Zenda

Going against what the male leader, of your particular beliefs, has said you are not to do.

Quote from: Anatta on November 12, 2013, 10:30:59 PM
Kia Ora Jen,

I read somewhere that the English word 'sin' derives from an ancient Greek (or Hebrew) word which simply meant "To miss the mark" however it would seems it's been blown right out of proportion...

Metta Zenda

Vote #2.  It referred to an archer missing the bulls eye on a target.  Today it seems to mean using a semi-automatic assault weapon in city limits and hitting a preacherman instead of a rampaging mastodon or velociraptor.  As to what you hit when you missed the mark you were aiming for, no holy book was going to have enough pages to cover it, so a local theologian makes the definition up for their local or personal diety.