What is sin?

Unseeking Seeker · #1 27-04-2021, 01:41 PM

The word ‘sin’ with us as the sinner, appears to be a main theme, infusing guilt in us since birth.

If sin is called delusion or misalignment with love, voice of conscience, a temporary error, corrected on knowing the truth, it would make sense. However, I see this deep sense of unworthiness etched on the souls of those who follow religion blindly, believing that they are sinners.

Faith is great. But has boon become bane?

What is this sin we seem to have committed?

sky · #2 27-04-2021, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker

What is this sin we seem to have committed?

Missing the mark ......

Unseeking Seeker · #3 27-04-2021, 02:32 PM

Going strictly by the scriptures
We are told we have sinned long ago
Thus, fallen status is this feeble caricature

Maya indeed veils the truth but our heart is aglow
Head and heart aligned, we are free from strife
Once attachments recede, life flow is mellow

Sermons of preachers cut us like a knife
Designed to burden us with superstitious guilt
For our sin, Jesus gave up his life, Buddha his wife

It seems impossible that this is the house God has built
Anchoring our attention in spasms of contraction
Delusion that we have sinned making us wilt

Our innate nature is joyous bliss elation
The only sin we see is with love misalignment
Owing to indulgence in illusion causing stagnation

Let us unshackle consciousness from feral sediment
Reclaiming by free will our childlike innocence
Flowing then through life in contentment

God is truth! God is love! He asks for no penance
We are free! We are as He! Being of self-luminescence

sky · #4 27-04-2021, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker

For our sin, Jesus gave up his life, Buddha his wife

Buddhists don't believe in ' Sin '

in Buddhism there is no concept of sin.

Lucky 1 · #5 27-04-2021, 02:48 PM

The only true sin is hurting another person unnecessarily and without reason .... in my opinion all other sins are invented nonsense

Morpheus · #6 27-04-2021, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unseeking Seeker

If sin is called delusion or misalignment with love,
voice of conscience, a temporary error, corrected on knowing the truth, it would make sense.
What is this sin we seem to have committed?

This organic spectrum in which we find ourselves.

Primarily we are Spirit. (Revelation 12:4)

Unseeking Seeker · #7 27-04-2021, 05:21 PM

@ Morpheus ... I don’t know in actuality, what the square root of -1 is, with the abstract ‘i’ not helping.

Let’s take it slow ...

God alone is, nothing else is.
God is love in Absoluteness, unconditional, all encompassing.
We are as He, born of His essence (let’s say, spirit)

What did we as spirit do, to be termed as sin? In fact, how could we, being as He?

Assuming we as spirit went off-track, as in misalignment, show the man a roadmap. He gets back on track. That’s about it.

What’s with this sin and guilt thrust as a consciousness contracting belief, upon the earth entity, already struggling to shift from separateness to oneness via interconnectedness?

BigJohn · #8 27-04-2021, 06:16 PM

Sin originated in the Old Testament. If you look at the first usage of the word 'sin', it did not involve God (Elohim),
it involved the LORD (Yahweh).

This issue may deal more with Yahweh............
You also introduced the word 'Spirit' which seems to have originated in the Old Testament.

Altair · #9 27-04-2021, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky 1

The only true sin is hurting another person unnecessarily and without reason .... in my opinion all other sins are invented nonsense

Makes sense.

Altair · #10 27-04-2021, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigJohn

Sin originated in the Old Testament. If you look at the first usage of the word 'sin', it did not involve God (Elohim),
it involved the LORD (Yahweh).

Another interesting difference between the two perspectives, John.