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Originally Posted by Ajani  ....God's word is quite clear that all sin is the same. Gossip, adultery, murder, lying... all equal. None worse or better than another. It's us as imperfect humans who assign levels to things like sin. God doesn't. It's all the same in His eyes (save for something called "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit," which is in essence denying God. That is the "worst" sin, so to speak, which denies one access to Heaven. ....The point is that all sin is considered equal in God's eyes. |
So to paraphrase George Orwell, *All sins are equal but some more equal than others*??? Literally in the same breath you say all sins are equal and then go on to say blasphemy is the 'worst'... Eh???? Can't for the life of me see how gossip is equal (or is it equal but less equal?) to murder!
This is why, to me, it is a historical thing rather than a workable thing in the modern world. How can you live by a book full of contradictions - don't you end up being contradictory yourself? (Hmmm think I just seen the evidence of that!) And is it 'sin' if it's done by someone because they're mentally ill, which was my example above? Would a woman murdering her husband who'd systematically abused her for years, be a sinner? And would she be more of a sinner than the man? And how can you equate murder to polygamy? Is that sane?
For me as a pagan, I haven't really got that concept of gods who hate people or decide certain actions are 'sin'. It's a human concept - not a god's. Why would an all powerful being care who you slept with, what you wore, or anything about you or your actions? Seems so alien to me but then all these rather draconian concepts come from the Middle East - and I don't. Got no problem with polygamy - so long as it's not used to abuse and oppress women.