I don’t know what to do with either the word or the concept of ‘sin’ outside the 2 commandments that really matter i.e. loving God and loving one’s neighbour. No doubt in some circles it may have to do with violating a dress code, or one drink too many, but there its use is too subjective and flimsy to be worth keeping.
Where it does apply, now as much as ever, is in identifying the things we do which hurt, malign, oppress, disavow, ignore, or convey indifference to our neighbour. When we do those things, we sin. To sin against our neighbour is to sin against God. Conversely to love our neighbour covers a ‘multitude of sins’ which experientially speaking may be the greatest freedom we can know.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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