CONSIDERING "SIN" AGAIN
Sin requires prior knowledge. Without prior knowledge, there can be no sin.
Stated differently, mankind is not inherently sinful, any more than a baby without prior knowledge--indeed, without any knowledge-- is sinful.
I am aware of the rubric "that man was born in sin," that is touted by certain sects, creeds, denominations, as true. If that is true, then God is sin, since God made man, and all else.
God is all in all, is all of all. God is!
Thus, life and death are in divine parity, relative to God; neither is greater nor lesser; since God does not exist in time or space yet does!
If God is oxymoronic, paradoxically enigmatic, just stop ! imagine what mankind might be: i.e. here yet not here; alive but dead; deep, shallow.
The lion's lust for flesh, blood, gore is not more wicked than the lamb's for grass, herbs, whey; nor a kite's or buzzard's for carrion, like a fly's.
In short sin and righteousness are glosses, patinas, spins imposed on man to maintain order, peace, love. These were also imposed by man, for less nobler purposes or ends!
In Genesis 1:31 says:
"And God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And it was evening and it was morning and it was the sixth day."
It says "All that God made by was very good!" Sin is not very good. So, wherever sin came from, it was not of God's doing, nor any natural creation, but something far lower.
Similarly and to like effect is Genesis 1:1--
"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth."
Note that "hell" the alleged ultimate eternal venue for earthly sinners is not listed therein. That absence may be because "hell" like "sin" are concepts: a man-made venue for mankind's made-up sins. Such sins restrain, hamper, burden the souls, consciences of good men or good women who are all in all; all of all, from God eternally, co-terminally.
The sum of it all is this:
"Isaiah 45:7King James Version (KJV)
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."
Friday, October 13, 2017
SIN
CONSIDERING "SIN" AGAIN
Sin requires prior knowledge. Without prior knowledge, there can be no sin.
Stated differently, mankind is not inherently sinful, any more than a baby without prior knowledge--indeed, without any knowledge-- is sinful.
I am aware of the rubric "that man was born in sin," that is touted by certain sects, creeds, denominations, as true. If that is true, then God is sin, since God made man, and all else.
God is all in all, is all of all. God is!
Thus, life and death are in divine parity, relative to God; neither is greater nor lesser; since God does not exist in time or space yet does!
If God is oxymoronic, paradoxically enigmatic, just stop ! imagine what mankind might be: i.e. here yet not here; alive but dead; deep, shallow.
The lion's lust for flesh, blood, gore is not more wicked than the lamb's for grass, herbs, whey; nor a kite's or buzzard's for carrion, like a fly's.
In short sin and righteousness are glosses, patinas, spins imposed on man to maintain order, peace, love. These were also imposed by man, for less nobler purposes or ends!
In Genesis 1:31 says:
"And God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And it was evening and it was morning and it was the sixth day."
It says "All that God made by was very good!" Sin is not very good. So, wherever sin came from, it was not of God's doing, nor any natural creation, but something far lower.
Similarly and to like effect is Genesis 1:1--
"In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth."
Note that "hell" the alleged ultimate eternal venue for earthly sinners is not listed therein. That absence may be because "hell" like "sin" are concepts: a man-made venue for mankind's made-up sins. Such sins restrain, hamper, burden the souls, consciences of good men or good women who are all in all; all of all, from God eternally, co-terminally.
The sum of it all is this:
"Isaiah 45:7King James Version (KJV)
7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things."