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Although he did not address them as frequently as Pope John Paul II,2 and did not clarify just what a sinful social structure is or how one func-tions, his associating original sin with social structures provides a helpful theological clue to how structures can be considered to be sinful.
I begin by clarifying the relevance of impurities to the biblical cataloguing of sins. I then present four extensional problems for the Moral Consensus on sin, based on the biblical catalogue of sins: (1) moral over-demandingness, (2) agential unfairness, (3) moral repugnance, and (4) moral atrocity.
SOCIAL SIN. Sin “contaminates” social life. It contaminates social relations and wider circles of society: social situations, public policies, social structures (institutions), social systems. Although social structures do not “sin” in the same sense as persons do, they are nonetheless “sinful.”
The origin of sin into the universe – According to five key biblical passages of Scripture, a powerful angelic creature named Lucifer once (perhaps before the creation of the earth) led a wicked revolt against Jehovah God himself in an insane attempt to dethrone the
The intent of this paper is to thoroughly explore the history of the doctrine of original sin, to pay attention to the social movements which have fueled new interpretations and understandings of original sin, to summarize several contemporary understandings of original sin, and to finally attempt to say something regarding the nature of ...
Definition of Sin. Sin is saying no to God! It is doing something that God doesn’t want us to do. Sin is something that we choose to do. It is negative volition toward Bible Doctrine. Sin is being disobedient to God’s commands! It is doing something your own way and not God’s way. Sin can be something that we say, think or do!
The context of the power of sin. The Oxford English Dictionary defines sin as ‘A transgression of the divine law and an offence against God, a violation (especially wilful or deliberate) of some religious or moral principle.’.
