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Why should I accept the claim that man sins?
Thank you for the question, Robert.
In any text book there will be some technical words. For example if you take a book on computer, you will find words like ‘bugs’ and ‘virus’ etc. These words have special meanings in their contexts, thus they become technical words.
The Bible also has some technical words in it with special meanings. One such word is ’sin’ and it simply means mistake. The word ’sin’ is defined in the Bible in 1Jn.5:17 (read different trans.). So when the Bible talks about sin, it simply means that man makes mistakes. Mistakes in moral and spiritual areas of human life are meant by sin in the Bible. Is there some one out there who has not done any mistake in life?
I hope this clarifies the issue.
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Hi daymore, thank you for your reply.
I understand a little better what you mean by “sin,” however, the question remains, why should I accept the term and its implications for some action that I do? Because a book says so?
I think you can see the problem a little more clearly. Simply because a book says a thing, doesn’t necessarily make it true.
daymore, I was curious about some things you wrote. For example, “No one can produce in the entire world one single person who has always lived upto his/her own conscience.”
I can’t escape the question, “So what?”
You also wrote, “The tragedy is that every action, whether good or bad, has its equal and opposite reaction.”
I’m not sure this is true. If a person does something good, then there occurs an “equal and opposite” action that is bad? You’re taking Newton’s Third Law, which applies to physical bodies, and attempting to apply it to human actions, which it was never meant to describe.
You wrote, “If all our mistakes bounce back to us, then where do we stand?”
Well, it should be clear that not all our mistakes “bounce back to us.” Some mistakes have consequences, and some of those consequences are bad for us, so we attempt to learn from the mistakes and perform better actions in the future.
Thank you Robert for coming in again.
You said, “You’re taking Newton’s Third Law, which applies to physical bodies, and attempting to apply it to human actions, which it was never meant to describe”.
Yes, indeed, I know that that law applies to the physical realm only. But I did it to whet your appetite. This I did to remind you that the universe that we live in is guided by immutable laws.
Man is not merely a physical being. He is a moral being as well. We live with love or hatred, with kindness or cruelty. There is rape and murder on one side. There is mercy and care on the other side. These are not merely physical. These are moral issues.
Just as there are immutable physical laws guiding the universe, there are immutable moral laws there. One of them is “What a man sows, so he reaps”(to use a Biblical terminology). It is the same thing as ‘Karma’. While in the physical realm we notice immediate reaction for the action, in the moral realm the reaction or the result or, let me say, the consequences are often not immediate. So the Bible says, “because the punishment does not come immediately, man is tempted to commit sin (mistakes) again and again”.
Our actions are like seeds which we sow. On occasion it will take months or even years before the fruits come. But, be sure, fruit will come one day in abundance. For the good seed, good fruits, and for the bad corresponding results will come.
As I said in the earlier post, no one can claim to have done only good deeds in life. The evil or the bad and the negative things which we have done come to fruitition and mind you, they are often more than the good which we have done.
Another thing to remember is that when I break a civil or a criminal law and if the police catch me, I won’t be excused for the one wrong though I have done all the other ninety-nine correctly. I can not appeal that way at all.
Ok. I said a bit too muuch, I think. Let me stop here. Would value your comments, if you please.
P.S.
Please do not be offended for quoting the Bible. As Newton observed the physical world, prophets of different faiths have observed the moral world and they are found in the various religious and moral books of the world. Essentially they all say the same thing. If we do good you will get good results and vice versa.
The only difference I see tha Bible has, is that it gives a remedy for the past which God Himself has offered by sacrifising His only Son. And the past is freely forgiven based on that work on Calvary to all who ask for it. All other books leave it to each individual. Hence we see all around us the human efforts to rectify the past with very little success. What do you think?
God bless and see you again.
Robert I thought you would come back. So may I assume that you basically agree with me about what I wrote. It is good to have some discussion about various issues of life so that we can learn from each other. After all, no one knows every thing about every tbing. Isn’t it?
I think before leaving this discussion, I must say one more thing rather clearly. In fact there are two things I wish to say. First is that the act of retribution is not completely carried out here in this life itself is obvious to every one. We see daily that some ‘good’ people suffer and some ‘evil’ people trive here on earth. That is why almost all religions teach that the full retribution is carried out in the life after death.
To me there is absolutely no doubt at all that there IS life after death. It is because I know of some one who came back to life after his death. That is none other than Jesus of Nazareth. As every one knows, he rose again on the third day to tell us all about life after one dies. So if any one wants to know what would be life like when one dies, read what Christ has said about it. For example you get somewhat a clear picture about it in Lk.16:19-31. There are other passages as well. ok.
The other thing I wanted to tell is that almost all religions including the Roman Catholics who form a majority of the so called ‘Christians’ teach that man can achieve salvation or mukti or shall I say heaven by working for it and by our good works.
But the Bible clearly says that that is never possible at all as “all our righteousness are like filty rags”(Is.64:6) or like dirty clothes before God.
Man’s good works are like a piece of cake in the hands of a leper. That is not very useful, isn’t it.
That is why God had to become a man and die for the sins of the whole world. Since He rose again, He proved Himself to be God and today He is offering this gift of salvation to all mankind every where and all who ask for it with a genuine heart will get it. There are just two conditions attatched to it-repentance and faith. Any one who asks for it must have true repentance and genuine faith and then it is granted to that person.
Ok. If you, or any one else for that matter, has any further question or clarification needed feel free to communicate. Let us dciscuss it till we get some where.
Read about the whole thing in the New Testament of the Bible. I say, the NT is the only book in the entire world which talks about the possibility of getting into a filial relationsnip with God Almighty. If interested, get hold of a copy of the NT and start reading. Please get into contact if any help is needed in understanding it. OK.
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