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Nov 26, 2023 · Where crime is a sin against humanity, an action that goes against the law/ a legal concept, sin is a crime against religion, an action that goes against ‘God’, a moral concept. For example ...
- Sometimes The only Good Choice Is The Lesser of Two Evils
- The Common Good
- Whatever Is Legal Is Not Necessarily Moral
It is also possible that a politician might believe there is no real likelihood of overturning Roe vs. Wade in the foreseeable future. So for that politician to publicly oppose legalized abortion could be to throw away an election just for the sake of making a moral declaration that would have no beneficial consequences whatsoever—except to proclai...
There are cases, of course, when a law itself can be positively sinful. Examples are Hitler’s persecution of Jews (about which the German bishops were significantly silent), England’s law requiring people to renounce the Catholic faith by taking the Oath of Supremacy (by virtue of which St. Thomas More was martyred), or the American law against sel...
My experience, through many discussions with intelligent Catholics, including lawyers, is that, clear and obvious though it be, many simply cannot grasp the distinction between sin and crime. In this they are reacting like the general public, who, although they claim not to learn their morality from the government, nevertheless tend to assume in pr...
Jun 1, 1996 · A sin belongs to the internal forum (the forum of conscience) and refers to the relationship between a man and God, which is undermined by the sinful act, a deliberate violation of the law of God, which means the person’s turning away from God and turning to creatures. A sin is forgiven by God, either immediately (provided there is contrition ...
We learn from the Bible, God’s immutable, inerrant and inspired Word, the definition of sin. 1 John 3:4 declares, “Whoever commits sin also commits lawless-ness, and sin is lawlessness.”. In other words, any thought, belief, or action that violates God’s Holy Commandments is to be con-sidered sin. In archery terms, sin is missing the mark.
Jan 4, 2022 · God hates sin because it is the antithesis of His nature and because it harms us or someone else. By sinning against God, David had also hurt other people. When someone commits a crime, the person who was harmed by the crime is not the one who punishes the criminal. Only the state can legally mete out punishment.
1850 Sin is an offense against God: "Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight." 122 Sin sets itself against God's love for us and turns our hearts away from it. Like the first sin, it is disobedience, a revolt against God through the will to become "like gods," 123 knowing and determining good and evil ...
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Jun 7, 2023 · A believer who commits wrongdoing atones, admits that transgression, and is forgiven. In contrast, a person who continues to sin does not feel sorry for his actions. As a result, he never makes a confession or asks for forgiveness. Whatever religious claims he makes, such a person is against God. Sin is to “come short of the glory of God ...
