I don't know that sin is used almost exclusively in a religious context. That's like saying we atheists aren't aloud to say God Bless you (I prefer gesundheit, it sounds more continental), and when we sing it's a sin to tell a lie we are not saying the liar is going to hell.
I guess I am appropriating the word, but I don't think that is a sin. Well you know I don't believe good, bad, evil, and innocence exist in the same way that the law of gravity exists. I think they exist only in the hearts of men. They didn't exist before man and won't after man, and if some other intelligent being comes to the fore they likely will have a different idea of good and bad.
The way I am defining sin for the purpose of this discussion is an act that is wrong in itself regardless of the consequences. I bring it up because it comes up a lot in that a lot of people think just avoiding sin is enough to be a good person. There must be something in us that makes the idea of a simple act being a sin something that sticks with us, As I recall earlier I had defined sin for the sake of discussion as believing that something is wrong but doing it anyway. That is not the way I want to use the term in this discussion.
I'm a little surprised to see that doing good deeds gets so little attention in the old testament. Let's go to the ten commandments. The first three pertain to God, they don't call Him Jealous for no reason, and in fact He doesn't mind telling us that He is. The fourth is the sabbath, seems strange that such a trivial matter should find its way into the commandments, like having a constitutional amendment to outlaw burning the flag, but He is god. Honoring your mother and father sounds a little odd, What does honoring mean? Supporting them? Doing what they tell you to do? The next three seem pretty reasonable, no killing, hanky panky, or stealing. Next comes bearing false witness, or in other words it's a sin to tell a lie. And the last one is not coveting your neighbor's house, or his wife, or anything else, depending on who is interpreting. That always seemed a little odd to me. How can you tell somebody not to covet? It's like telling somebody to never get mad,
Wow all of a sudden this window went grey and a box opened warning about error TSX-0345, something like that, and my only option was to reload with no guarantee that my work would be saved. Shit fuck. I tried to copy my greyed text, but no dice, so I reloaded with fingers crossed and bam my work reappeared.
You know I had just been speaking rather mockingly of the Ten Commandments, and that Old Testament God can be pretty vengeful. But I rather think He would have just smote me than slam me with error TSX-0345 (thou shalt not be sarcastic or something)
Still makes me nervous about going on with this this morning. Maybe I'll return to the garden of good, bad, evil, and innocence if I sense any interest from the dawgs. Sometimes I go on and on and don't notice that nobody is listening anymore,
The briefest of internet research reveals that sologamy is some form of new age nonsense. Going on a honeymoon by yourself sound pretty nice though. It's only a matter of time before lawyers hang out their shingles for divorcing yourself and getting some healthy alimony to boot.
I reckon Cheboygan could attract some tourists to see other tourists hanging from the light posts next to the tastefully appointed flower baskets.
Oh and I want to thank Old Dog for confirming to me three times that he remembers that that bet was for a hundred bucks. Once over fried food at Snappy's and twice by telephone.
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