inventing sin

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Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense.

–Robert A. Heinlein

Any reactions to this out there?

4 thoughts on “inventing sin”

  1. Thanks Kyle. I borrowed the idea from Thomas Merton, but I’ll still take the compliment.

  2. I agree.
    I think of sin as being anything that draws us away from God. Joe made an insightful point on his blog about praying, “Not that you will find yourself, but that God will find himself in you.” A priest used to tell me to polish my life like a plate, so that God might see Himself in me. Anything that corrodes the surface – including self-disrespect – is sin, in my mind.

  3. Yes, Joe, I think hurting yourself definitely counts as hurting others because if you hurt yourself, you’re also hurting those who love and care about you.

    I’m appalled at how many times I used the word hurt/hurting in that short paragraph. For a writer… that’s a no-no. 🙂

    Rules, rules, rules. 😦

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