{"id":356,"date":"2021-06-26T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T12:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metawareness.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2021-07-01T17:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T17:01:47","slug":"no-original-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metawareness.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"No original &#8216;sin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For those reading this who feel that there was a Christ and he had to exist, to rid humanity of its &#8216;sin&#8217;, should seriously try to view the following logic from different perspectives. Not just your own. If you want to be open-minded, you should be able to. The following is written in &#8216;laymen&#8217;s terms&#8217; so people not knowing about the different parts of different religions, aren&#8217;t pushed away by reference to reference etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here goes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main reasoning of a Jesus Christ to have existed for Christianity, is for his teaching, but moreover for his supernatural link and dying for everyone&#8217;s &#8216;sin&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To look at things that are represented in words, it is important to understand words. Thus knowing the definition of words that are used. This is a requirement in any situation, because words would be useless otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only is it important to understand the implications of the word &#8216;sin&#8217;, but also what dying means, what supernatural means and what teachings are. Lets start with one and then the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Sin&#8217;<\/strong> Wikipedia (which I take as a critical platform to provide information, controlled by a global community) says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>sin is the act of violating God&#8217;s will.[1][2][3][4] Sin can also be viewed as any thought or action that endangers the ideal relationship between an individual and God; or as any diversion from the perceived ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as &#8220;to miss the mark&#8221;.[5]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Etymology[edit]<\/em><br><em>The word derives from &#8220;Old English syn(n), for original *sunj\u014d&#8230; The stem may be related to that of Latin sons, sont-is guilty. In Old English there are examples of the original general sense, \u2018offence, wrong-doing, misdeed'&#8221;.[6] The English Biblical terms translated as &#8220;sin&#8221; or &#8220;syn&#8221; from the Biblical Greek and Jewish terms sometimes originate from words in the latter languages denoting the act or state of missing the mark; the original sense of New Testament Greek \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1 hamartia &#8220;sin&#8221;, is failure, being in error, missing the mark, especially in spear throwing;[7] Hebrew hata &#8220;sin&#8221; originates in archery and literally refer to missing the &#8220;gold&#8221; at the centre of a target, but hitting the target, i.e. error.[8] (Archers call not hitting the target at all a &#8220;miss&#8221;.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To shorten the above: In Christianity,&nbsp;<em>Sin is a religious notation to things that are seen as a thought or action of a religious person, that go against the will of their god.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Dying&#8217; Again, Wikipedia is my source here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Death is the termination of all biological functions that sustain an organism.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, to be quick to kill any confusion, this is the globally accepted biological definition of dying. Christians will say that dying can also be interpreted &#8216;spiritually&#8217; or &#8216;religiously&#8217;. They will refer to the illogical promise of death by a god, which then isn&#8217;t happening (or the story would have been over right away), so Genesis 2:17 the chapter where the &#8216;first human&#8217; gets told that if he eats from a specific fruit, he will surely die, would be a failure on both sides. But, after many years, about a couple of thousand, someone came up with this illogical part and &#8216;quickly&#8217; changed the meaning to &#8216;spiritual&#8217;, making the &#8216;literal&#8217; interpretation already &#8216;metaphorical&#8217; from line one. Yet, keeping all of it as &#8216;literal&#8217; as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, to use another source to make sure to cover all bases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gotquestions mentions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Death is separation. A physical death is the separation of the soul from the body. Spiritual death, which is of greater significance, is the separation of the soul from God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you might see, there are some new things added to the equation. &#8216;soul&#8217;, &#8216;God&#8217;, &#8216;separation&#8217;. We will have to distinguish deeper, to make sure we are on the same single page when coming to any conclusion about this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those reading this who feel that there was a Christ and he had to exist, to rid humanity of its &#8216;sin&#8217;, should seriously try to view the following logic from different perspectives. Not just your own. If you want to be open-minded, you should be able to. 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