Susan reckons there is only behaviour, from good to worse to really bad. But no God to answer to.

The Catholics have the confession box. Good idea? Yes and no. Alas, all too often it is the priest who should confess!

Then, outside the churches, there are the most awful peadophiles, so awful that some police and others get nervous breakdowns just to read about it. Crime or sin?
The devil made them do it. Or their libido, but why couldn't they release it in a less gruesome way? We and all animals have the sex urge built in, but why must humans be so weird about it? It is out of control. Most animals have seasons for it, except the rabbits!

There are also far too many ego maniacs among the alpha males. Can they help being like that? I don't know. Is it too much testosterone? And where does that come from?

What is going to happen to this planet? Who or what is going to fix all the problems? Population reduction from viruses? Nah, a vaccine will be found.

Not my problem anyway, I will just keep on trying my best and hope I don't go senile and silly!

GG.








PB Bytes Wrote:
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> Hi GG
>
>
> To say there is no sin, imo, is a mistake that
> leads to various problems almost immediately. If
> there is no sin then what is up with rapists, etc
> etc?
>
> Growing up, I remember a lot of people who
> rebelled against Christianity strongly opposed
> this idea. "How dare anyone say that I'm a
> sinner!"
>
> I have no issue with sin, personally. I accept
> that I am a sinner. When I understood what I was
> up against, in the Christian theatre, I understood
> immediately that I could never be sinless. I
> understood that to be true of everyone I knew. Why
> would God condemn all sinners if He made us that
> way? There was no need to rebel against the sin
> doctrine for me, because I never bothered to try
> to pretend that sin doesn't exist.
>
> My way of dealing with this, from day one, is has
> been to accept that I am a sinner. I probably sin
> all day long in the eyes of the church. But for
> the most part I am not troubled by my
> consciousness because, on the whole, I I try to do
> what I see has good most times, just like the rest
> of us. Once in a while I screw up, and I try to be
> quick to acknowledge that. You will know that I've
> apologized for my own perceived transgressions
> several times on this board. That, imo, is the
> best way to personally deal with the wages of sin:
> own up to your crap asap.
>
> One of the things I like best about my Roman
> Catholic upbringing, is how it relies on a ritual
> sacrament rather than the approval of an arbiter
> minister or congregation when it comes to how
> sinful or sinless I may be. The matter of my own
> guilt totally between me and God. I personally
> believe that all sin proceeds from a perceived
> separation of our true essence and relationship to
> Creation. It's a consequence of finite
> consciousness.
>
> What I personally think is really going on with
> Christianity and sin, has something to do
> with Jesus' perception of sin's metaphysical
> consequences. I believe he could see something
> that the rest of us could not, and this prompted
> Jesus to say what he did about sin. I guess that's
> the essence of faith.
>
> Keep taking care of those animals, GG ! ! !