No Susan, I hardly ever use the word sin. You brought it up!
Today's' news have stories of financial institutions that have caused ordinary people to lose everything, by giving them loans they could not repay. That some people are not more careful with their money is besides the point. Not everybody have common sense, and can therefore be taken advantage of.

Would I call these financiers sinners? Not really, I have much more salty words for them!

But I believe Jesus put money lenders and sinners in the same box!

GG.




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I was just thinking that a sin could be
> where you do something deliberately and horrible
> towards another human or animal too. That is
> hardly a mistake.

> Agreed. I would, if I was referring to such an
> act, say, in a suitably condemnatory tone,
> something like, 'That was a
> horrible/disgraceful/very nasty/choice of
> adjective thing to do. I think, since the word
> sin has less currency these days as far as I am
> aware, that would emphasise the wrongness of it
> more than the word sin.
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Whether a god or spirits are watching you
> doing it would be irrelevant. What would be the
> consequences for you, if any, is also not
> relevant.
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> So, yes, I still reckon we have a need for the
> word sin, and not to be joked with, like, "it is a
> sin not to try this new whatever". You have heard
> people saying these things.

> All points agreed.
>
> Do you find yourself using the word sin when
> talking about bad things that have been done, or
> are mentioned on the news, etc?
>
> Susan



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