SINS!!! ALL YOU SINNERS BEWARE!!!
so i wrote this in response to someone else's journal entry on sins...
. There is a veiw i hold of sins, and it is that there are only sins in those that have been passed sins from those around them.
. In this veiw i believe that there are many things that are not sinful that may otherwise be seen as sinful to an observer who is obsessed with sin, for if a person denies their feelings, soon their feelings become the center of their life, and thus they see these sins in others.
. In this way sins are much like how many people see karma. Sins are issues that we have not faced or dealt with, they are things we fear, and being that there is fear, there is a host of other feelings that we dare not temp, but inevitably face due to the nature of our fear.
. So seeing this, some things, although seen as sins, are as much God at work as anything else. It is a sin to kill and a sin have sex, and a sin to use God's name in vain, but only if it does not teach a lesson. The sin is not the act, but the process of allowing the act to tear at the faith and belief and trust of God (the moment, whatever...). The sin is not killing someone, it is the belief that it was not part of God's will (for surely God would not allow anything in his perfect plan to be part of the plan, if it were not his will). The sin is doubting God. The sin is believing that anyone could have changed what happened. And the sin is denying that there is something in there to make us believe that God is even more in control, and that trust should not be placed with God.
. As far as that is, the sin is not in having sex, but in fearing what comes from the sex, because the fear is merely an inability to trust God, and his ineffable plans. The sin in "having sex in the mind" is denying that god gave the feelings that exist, and fearing that they are the devil. The sin is not learning from the feelings, the sin is to not have sex because of fear of anything. Fear is the Devil's tool, if anything such as the "devil's tool" exists (as i might mention god being everything, and thus the devil as well.. etc. etc.). Love, compassion, and honesty are paramount in reaching towards God.
. In this, denial of feelings are lies, and sins. At least talk, and admit. Be truthful, Be open. Be honest. If it is what someone desires, then that person should seek it to understand it, so that it may never have to be sought out ever again. The sin is not learning. The sin is not the action of doing.
-Cole
. There is a veiw i hold of sins, and it is that there are only sins in those that have been passed sins from those around them.
. In this veiw i believe that there are many things that are not sinful that may otherwise be seen as sinful to an observer who is obsessed with sin, for if a person denies their feelings, soon their feelings become the center of their life, and thus they see these sins in others.
. In this way sins are much like how many people see karma. Sins are issues that we have not faced or dealt with, they are things we fear, and being that there is fear, there is a host of other feelings that we dare not temp, but inevitably face due to the nature of our fear.
. So seeing this, some things, although seen as sins, are as much God at work as anything else. It is a sin to kill and a sin have sex, and a sin to use God's name in vain, but only if it does not teach a lesson. The sin is not the act, but the process of allowing the act to tear at the faith and belief and trust of God (the moment, whatever...). The sin is not killing someone, it is the belief that it was not part of God's will (for surely God would not allow anything in his perfect plan to be part of the plan, if it were not his will). The sin is doubting God. The sin is believing that anyone could have changed what happened. And the sin is denying that there is something in there to make us believe that God is even more in control, and that trust should not be placed with God.
. As far as that is, the sin is not in having sex, but in fearing what comes from the sex, because the fear is merely an inability to trust God, and his ineffable plans. The sin in "having sex in the mind" is denying that god gave the feelings that exist, and fearing that they are the devil. The sin is not learning from the feelings, the sin is to not have sex because of fear of anything. Fear is the Devil's tool, if anything such as the "devil's tool" exists (as i might mention god being everything, and thus the devil as well.. etc. etc.). Love, compassion, and honesty are paramount in reaching towards God.
. In this, denial of feelings are lies, and sins. At least talk, and admit. Be truthful, Be open. Be honest. If it is what someone desires, then that person should seek it to understand it, so that it may never have to be sought out ever again. The sin is not learning. The sin is not the action of doing.
-Cole