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Originally Posted by Aquila
I'm a believer who can feel you. I rejected the false "god" of institutional religion for this reason. I'd never been more troubled or depressed than when I was jumping through the hoops of religion in effort to supposedly please God. Now, I've experienced God in the dimensions beyond religion. God isn't as hung up on most things like our religion is. The politics of our religion is also detestable in God's eyes. I see sin as not just an arbitrary "Thou shalt not..." because God said so or because God is so squeemish he can't endure sin. But I see sin as something that harms us and prevents growth into all that God desires us to be. Sin is self destructive and most bring their own temporal judgments upon us before we ever stand before the judgment seat of God.
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I have one friend who is still Apostolic, and we have a monthly lunch date. She is great because she really challenges me and asks me tons of questions, and really makes me think. One day she was asking me "Do you think this is a sin? How about this? Or That?"
And I finally had to explain that I don't think of things in terms of sin. You could say that the word isn't even a part of my vocabulary. I think because it hearkens back to my former life. I agree that there are behaviors that harm ourselves and those around us, and therefore should not be done, but I admit that in some cases these things can be subjective. (and I tend not to believe that "because the Bible says so" is a sufficient explanation)