No one has ever actually explained what sin is, so this seems to be jumping the gun a bit...
SPURIOUS TEACHING!!
by The Searcher 26 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Larsinger58
Wow.... interesting.
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The Searcher
@ AGuest
Just a basic question regarding "hearing a voice" - How does anyone know whether a voice they hear is a malevolent demon or Christ's voice? Plenty of demons speak with spirit mediums and pretend to be someone else.
Be careful - let God's Word the Bible talk to you!!
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AGuest
No one has ever actually explained what sin is, so this seems to be jumping the gun a bit...
Not true. Done on here a couple/few times. And no, not gonna do your legwork for you (you never appreciate it, anyway), so if you wish to know look for it yourself.
How does anyone know whether a voice they hear is a malevolent demon or Christ's voice?
One only need ask, dear Searcher (peace to you!).
Plenty of demons speak with spirit mediums and pretend to be someone else.
Yep, they do!
Be careful -
I don't fear demons, dear one - they have no power over me, nor over anyone who possesses God's spirit (Matthew 10:1; Mark 1:34; 3:15; 6:7; Luke 9:1; Acts16:18).
Let God's Word the Bible talk to you!!
The Bible isn't God's Word, dear one - Christ is (John 1:1, 14; Revelation 19:13). And I absolutely let HIM talk to me (John 1:27).
A doulos of Christ,
SA
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Band on the Run
Well, we must look to wikipedia to explain what sin means. Honestly, I always heard the word. I don't recall it being explained in any Christian religion. The Roman Catholics may have a catechism definition.
I don't believe I sin at any time. The worldly people I know do not sin. You need a formal church org to inform your "sin."
While I am researching sin, I may also research Jewish concepts of sin and whether comparative religions have sin.
People do things that are wrong. In rare cases, there may be a community sense of evil. When I read the Bible, I view sin as a concept that means more tahn the WT would define. I do not believe it the natural state of humans. Freud (altho he has been discredited), Jung, psychology, sociology, and anthropology have discredited man as fall. We are evolved so no fall happened. Brain scans have location no center of sin in our brains.
I speak of sin in figurative terms. Perhaps I live in blissful harmony but people don't discuss sin in real life. It seems that the dialogue has changed to an awareness of introspection and human responsibility for our actions.
Isn't it funny how we discuss these Biblical concepts without knowing the correct definiton?
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EntirelyPossible
Not true. Done on here a couple/few times. And no, not gonna do your legwork for you (you never appreciate it, anyway), so if you wish to know look for it yourself.
Oh, I know you keep saying it's something, but never able to actually explain what it is. Even basic questioning causes every attempt at explanation to fall apart like a house of cards.
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Band on the Run
Would whatchamacallit not want us to know what he or you believe is sin? It seems that more that you cannt explain sin. The wikipedia article is a start. It is not a great article. Dictionaries also exist.