As some of you may know this week is the most holy week in the Christian faith. It is the week that Jesus, true God and yet true man, willingly gave up his life including all of the pain that went with his cruel death, to save us from our sins. He opened the door for all to be saved and have eternal life. It is a truly remarkable story of reconciliation and redemption. To anyone who has had even the least amount of interest in the Christian faith it is this death and ressurection of our Savoir that sets this faith apart.
During this time of the Passion I extend to all of you, atheists included, the true spirit of this week and pray that all may find the joy that this time represents.
It is the week that Jesus, true God and yet true man, willingly gave up his life including all of the pain that went with his cruel death, to save us from our sins
What sins? I wasn't born then. I couldn't possibly have sinned. If the death of this Jesus saved us from our sins, does that mean I was born without sin? What do you mean by "sin" anyway?
-- "Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein
No guilt, no sin? So someone who is completely amoral is sinless?
-- "Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein
So if I kill someone and don't feel guilty, have I sinned?
-- "Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein
No one that has killed someone is without the feeling of guilty
That's avoiding the issue and probably untrue. There are certainly records of people who have committed murder and felt no remorse. If someone does something that you would consider wrong but feels no guilt about it, have they sinned?
-- "Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein
If we say we have no sin in us we are deceiving ourselvs and refusing to admit the truth
That depends how you define sin. You apparently define it as follows:
sin is that what makes you feel guilty
If I do something and I do not feel guilty, does that mean I cannot have sinned? That is what your definition would imply. If you say that when I sin, I really feel guilty, then you have a circular argument and are no closer to defining sin.
-- "Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything." -Robert A. Heinlein
