sinnoun1 a sin in the eyes of God: immoral act, wrong, wrongdoing, act of evil/wickedness, transgression, crime, offense, misdeed, misdemeanor;archaic trespass.
After our discussion in class concerning the ideas of sin I decided to combine it with my favorite meditation.
"No Matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be good. Like gold or emerald or purple repeating to itself, No matter what anyone says or does my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished."
-Marcus Aurelius
So first i'd like to take a moment to explain what I observed and the relation of our opinions on 'sin'. We all had very similar views on the subject wether we considered ourselves to believe in Religion or not. We all understood that sin was indeed some kind of wrong against something or someone. It's an action done and as a repercussion has and effect on those around us. It is something that causes harm or makes the mind feel a certain kind of weight. I think most of what we believe to be wrong is developed by those around us, in the society that we are apart of. The influence of others and what we observe on a daily basis. Therefore since our opinions were very similar I can't help but believe that has to do with the chunk of land that we've landed on. I looked up the word sin and after finding that the definition of sin was a combination of both Godly law and man made law i've decided to rest on this theory as one that works for me and for others.
I believe in sin, I believe in the repercussions of sin. I've seen bad decisions change lives including my own. This is were the Marcus's meditation comes in. They idea of striving and longing to live a virtues life is the way I want to live my life.
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