sin

sin is this heavy nasty word which is means bad or evil or all kinds of stuff we want it to mean. i don't think we should get rid of the word or anything, but it should be a little more concrete what it means when i think that word. so here's what i think sin is.

a sin is an act of destruction on man's part. not so much burning a house, but an act which destroys relationship, trust, another person, or ourselves. some actions destroy our relationship with god. some acts destroy the sanctity of a word (using god's name as a cuss word) - words are part of reality too. sin is not a force so much as it is a potential for destruction inherent in man's nature. (this is just brushing the surface of all of this really.) i would rather talk about a sin, as an an action, than sin, as if it were just some nasty evil force floating around seeping out of our toilets and into red light districts.

strange thing: if the possibility of the potential for destruction had not been made available, there would have been no potential for trust.