You know, back when I was making less than $80 a week hawking newspapers on
Houston's street corners, I was easily the world's greatest atheist. When
it comes to the topic of sin, mature atheists (assuming that there is such a
thing) and I share a common thread on the topic of sin. The meaning of sin
is feelings of guilt because that is how the word is used in practice.
Being without sin means that one has resolved not to have feelings of guilt.
Then I became a monotheist and then suddenly sin takes on a new dimention.
Sin not only is about feelings of guilt, it is also defined as whatever
barrier exists between man and God. There is no barrier between myself and
God. I am without sin in more ways than I can keep track of. An atheist
may be without sin in one particular way, I am without...

There is not really a Jewish word as such. Jews both historically and
now speak many different languages.

Just because it is a Greek word does that mean you cannot *smoke*. And
just because it is an American Indian word means you cannot enjoy
*tobacco*. And if you enjoy too much tobacco, just because it is a Latin
word, does not mean you cannot get *cancer*.

On 9-Sep-2008, SolomonW NoEmailAddress.com > wrote:

OK, Solomon, I skipped a few steps, here. No matter what the origins sin
are, Jesus said, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." So why
didn't Jesus cast the first stone? Well, maybe if Jesus had known what
would become of it, he would have been casting stones left and right, but he
didn't, ergo, sin is a Jewish thing.

In article <5oudnbwjHpO8EVrVnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@giganews.com>, kmurphy004
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