Are we prisoners of sin

But she is real. I can see her, touch her.The love and approving of my parents is much more real and important than any supernatural being.(a supernatural being that has at no time given any evidence that it exists)I do not need a book to tell me how I should live by virtue of a fear of sin, rather I just needed my parents and community to show me this. If you plan on using the argument that my parents and community taught me based on the bible and sin let me dissuade you. My parents were lapsed catholics and religion was rarely discussed in extended families because were were a mixed catholic/congregationalist lot. Most of what I was taught in church was later proven to be the opposite of what is correct and good behaviour.Your whole fantasy about sin, has had little to no affect on my life. Surprisingly, I am known in my community for my volunteer work. Yes I volunteer in the community even though I a don't think I will get some sort of "reward" in an afterlife.

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You seem to be unwilling to consider the idea that people live their lives with no thought or idea of sin. I do not have a belief in sin. I have my personal idea of right and wrong but not sin. SIN REQUIRES A BELIEF IN THE SUPERNATURAL AND MYTHOLOGY. Some times lying is a good thing. Being truthful 100% of the time would make a person a social misfit. I probably wouldn't take it. Somethings in my book are just wrong. Have I stolen? Of course everyone does, but that does not make a person evil or bad, it makes them human. All the time and I even masturbate. These things are not wrong or evil. They are normal and natural. My wife knows I "lust" at other women and has no problems with it. This is just an example of christianity and its history of sexual repression. How is this different than #2?Ok this is just getting boring and stupid. Till you realize that a lot of us do not consider any of this sin, because we don't believe in sin, this thread is a waste. Sin 1. transgression of divine law: the sin of Adam.1 I don't believe in a divine law.
2 Sin is breaking a divine law.
3 Therefore, I have no belief in sin

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Paul had no contact with the "life" of a man referred to as Jesus the Christ. There is actually a quite valid argument that Paul had no awareness of an actual man called Jesus Christ. Rather he thought of Jesus existing on a spiritual plane. A plane of existence inhabited by spiritual beings above the plane that mankind existed. The religion he wrote about is very similar to other mystery religions of the Roman era.I think a strong case can be made that christianity is actually more Paul based than Jesus based. If you read Paul's writings(the ones that scholarship show to be probably written by Paul) you can see that he had little or no awareness of the life and teachings of Jesus, as expressed in the Gospels. The Gospels date to after the writings of Paul.

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Check out Jesus PuzzleEarl Doherty's books are very readable and delve deep into this whole subject

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Hopefully they will close this thread soon.

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Plus I have shown that people are slaves to sin accept true followers of Christ those who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(Rom 8:4), because they have died to sin and the law and are no longer captives of sin, and moreover I have used the bible to demonstrate this point.

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No you didn't. But then again you have refused to even consider any other arguments though out this thread. You have been shown repeatedly that your arguments are lame and illogical. So I will just chock this up to the fact that I consider you delusional.

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