Semi-random thought

[unixronin]

The problem with believing in a god who forgives all of one's sins is that it leads to the assumption that all sins are forgiveable, and therefore permissible.  (But perhaps that's the point.)

Discuss.

Comments

[kayre]

Maybe the problem is that it leads to the assumption that it's all about sin-- when in fact we're supposed to get past the whole 'sin' thing and focus on other things.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I certainly think a lot of people get far too worked up over hunting down sin, th the exclusion of more important things. Like, say, actually treating people decently. A lot of the devout are ready to recite "Love the sinner, hate the sin" at the drop of a hat, but when push comes to shove they tend to forget which it is they're supposed to be hating. (Fred Phelps and his little incestuous crew of sociopaths are only the most visible example of this.)

I'm reminded of something I heard some years back ... back when the Right Thing for all properly pious Christians to do in their spare time was to play all their children's records backwards looking for back-masked satanic messages, Christian heavy-metal band Stryper put a back-masked message on one of their albums, targeted specifically at the people obsessed with hunting for back-masked messages.

The message said, "Why are you looking for Satan when you should be looking for God?"