Do you agree with the author's opinions on sin?

[Ayindelaw]

I agree that selfishness is a big sin--if not even the king of all sins, but there are other sins as well, which includes sex before marriage. "Thou shall not covet another man's wife" also means that you should not have sexual relations with anyone except your wife. I disagree with the author, although some of these laws are man-made.

[Caroline Anne Richmond]

I think that most sin is man-made, and the important thing is to try not to be selfish and to be kind to one another. With religious descriptions of sin in the bible, through the passing of time, they are not easy to relate too and can be old fashioned. I think if we adhere to the key points of being selfless and kind, then every other description of sin is basically man-made.

[GianKosi77]

I beg to disagree with the author. It is possible to control sin with the help of the Holy Spirit. The Grace of God teaches us to shun evil. Beside, "everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial."

[Fozia RYK]

The author seems to believe that many of the sins in the world are man made, rather than divine law. For example, sex before marriage, or polyamourous relationships, are wrong in the eyes of the Church, however, the author believes that these sort of things are not wrong, as sex, food, shelter, love etc. are all the bare essentials that humans need to survive, just like any animal, it is up to us to do with these things as we will, they are not possible to control. We are not superior, we just have a superiority complex leading us to believe that we are better than all others. Therefore, the author comes to the conclusion that the only sin in the world is selfishness, especially in the way that the Church preaches equality bus has enough money to end world hunger, yet keeps that money for less important things, like more buildings. So I guess what I am trying to say, is I agree with the author that sins are man made and are used to control the population. What do you guys think??

Sins are unquestionably acceptable to control, however I believe that there are sure sins that are a bit much, they are made by the Church to attempt to control individuals and ensure they follow their tenet or not. Attempting to control an individual's essential impulses are unimaginable and unacceptable.

[Chigo Nwagboso]

I believed the partially with his believe about sin to an extent. I believe strongly on one's conscience and sins with bad effects. So, is the author now saying that sex before and after marriage isn't a sin even if it has no effect? I totally don't agree with this.

[Shatakshi Gauriar]

The author is absolutely true about sins being man made. People who have complex in such cases call these actions absolute sin in the name of God. Truthfully, most of the crime which is done in the name of God is more horrifying than any other. One should believe in God but also accept the change with time.

[Maddie Atkinson]

I believed the partially with his believe about sin to an extent. I believe strongly on one's conscience and sins with bad effects. So, is the author now saying that sex before and after marriage isn't a sin even if it has no effect? I totally don't agree with this.

He is saying it isn't a sin because it is a sin that is entirely man made and used to control one's basic instincts, the instincts that God gave us to survive. Sex before marriage has no bad effects, and while it was applied to both men and women, it was mainly used to control women and also to make sure that children weren't born illegitimate, but with things like contraception and family planning, it is no longer relevant, sin or not. So many sins are made by the Church through interpretations of the Bible that don't even make sense, they just manipulate it by using different translations, which is selfish, as they are just used to, as I said, control people to allow them to remain in power. Therefore, I think that the author is right, that the only true sin is selfishness. But your opinion is completely valid if it's true to you

[Yvonne Monique]

I believe that the 10 commandments are valuable guidelines to hold on to (and thus avoid sin). Anything else can be (mis)interpreted by (religious) leaders, convincing us that all we do is committing sins.

[Adedayo+23]

Going by the author's argument, I would have to agree. We have seen how certain rules or "sins" that only seem to apply to the less privileged in society as a way to manipulate or control them. Sex is often left out when listing bare necessities a human being needs to function. It has become a man-made sin used as a tool of control. However, not all sins are impossible to control. While you may not be able to control how your body responds or reacts in certain situations, you can control and choose not to do what you know to be wrong.

[nanglada]

I do believe a lot of the sins are man-made, like the ones you listed. However, I don't think all of them are. When Jesus says "thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself", he's pretty drawing a line in regards to Christian behavior: anything we do that purposefully harms others is a sin.

I completely agree with you but there is no denying that some "sins" are nothing more than religious leaders trying to manipulate people. I mean, those so-called sins that don't hurt anybody, like sex before marriage or homosexuality, but are still regarded as such.

[Maddie Atkinson]

Going by the author's argument, I would have to agree. We have seen how certain rules or "sins" that only seem to apply to the less privileged in society as a way to manipulate or control them. Sex is often left out when listing bare necessities a human being needs to function. It has become a man-made sin used as a tool of control. However, not all sins are impossible to control. While you may not be able to control how your body responds or reacts in certain situations, you can control and choose not to do what you know to be wrong.

I 100% agree! You can definitely control some things you know to be wrong, despite how it might make you feel, which is an unselfish act. But as you said, a lot of so called 'sins' have been manipulated out of vague descriptions in the Bible as a way of controlling the less privileged in society, who are, incidentally, more likely to be a member of a religion. Therefore, most sins are man made as a form of control, as you said!!!

[Eriny Youssef]

Totally agree with the author. We can think about our legal system and understand that. Initially there was no such system. When someof the things that people did disrupted the society, people got together and prohibited them to be repeated making those laws, and for those who break them, they invented the punishments. But it could not be done for each and everything. So few knowledgeable ones found a better way. Religious manipulations. They named few things as sins and prevented others from doing them due to the fear of a superior repercussion. As far as I see, that is how a thing called sin has occurred in most of the situations

This is perfectly put. Throughout history, those in power, or those who could do such things, framed how people should behave in order to be deemed good or bad. Things have gotten too generalized and rigid that the system wounded up corrupt instead of fighting corruption. It's very evident in the way people do or don't do something just because they were told so. Most of us are not even convinced yet we abide by rules that are, more or less, nonsensical.

[Wy_Bertram]

I'm a bit unclear on the author's definition, but it's always been my opinion that sin is little more than mass perception. Juxtaposing the world now and recent history, it's easy to identify this trend of changing opinions. And it's interesting to think about what the concept of sin will be in the future.

[PeterRabitt20]

I like your question. It really made me think. If the author picked selfishness as being the only sin. What does he think about lying, stealing, dishonesty, envy, etc? Even in the animal world (which we are a part of), animals will behave unfairly. In the documentary March of the Penguins, there was a penguin mother who just lost her chick to the cold temperatures. Distraught, she tries to kidnap another baby chick. It was interesting because the other penguins did not approve of that behavior and stopped her.

[Jennifer Aldo]

Well I don't fully agree with the author's opinion. As there are many other things in the world that are being considered as sin whereas the true sins are overlooked.

Me too. I also do not believe that most of the sins are man made. I do not think the author approached this from a spiritual aspect. I think he's merely scratched the surface in his opinion of sin.