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[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What is "sin"?

[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Talk to the bonobo about this one. They know all about it.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

Na. It took me too long already to understand it's not about geometry.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The opposite over the hypotenuse

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be "sinful" is to act against your best interests.

Chimps and monkeys have been known to do BATSHIT INSANE stuff

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be "sinful" is to act against your best interests.

According to what definition?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mine, I just gave it to you. Got a better one?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Sin" is heavily religiously connotated. Any definition that does not include that context misses an important part.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, incorporate that into a definition without showing favoritism to any one religion.

The central idea behind sin in all religions is what I said - acting against your own interest, i.e., what God wants for you

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

But what if what said god wants for me is against my own interest?

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ok - let's pretend we live in username irl. Who would win this contest?

A Union of Kobolds

or

CyberEgg

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooo, the catechism!

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. Westminster Shorter Catechism

Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to certain goods. It wounds the nature of man and injures human solidarity. It has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law." Catholic catechism

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience

So, religion and faith are sin? Interesting lol

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God. Westminster Shorter Catechism

Wait, is there something missing or am I not getting something? How can "wanting to conform to the law of god" be sin?

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

want meaning 'lack' in this context (e.g. 'found wanting')