sin-, sinn-
(An action which is considered to be bad and wrong.)
Adam committed a cardinal sin when he criticized his supervisor at work.
Attacking people with a knife is certainly a cardinal sin which was recently reported on TV.
Original sins come from the fact that we come into this world not as isolated individuals, but as members of the human race inheriting both good and evil features from the human race inheriting both good and evil features from the past.
2. Behavior that is considered to be wrong by those who believe they understand the expectations of God's will: The pastor preached to his congregation that they should confess their sins and ask for God's forgiveness and to sin no more.
3. That which is in opposition to God's benevolent purposes for people: To engage in war and to deliberately murder people is considered to be a major sin.
4. Any reprehensible or regrettable actions, behaviors, lapses, etc.; great faults or offenses: There are multitudes of sins that are committed everyday by many people.
Sin is a barrier that separates humans from God
According to the biblical writers, sin is an ever-present reality that enslaves the human race and has corrupted God's created order.
The concept of sin is first, and foremost, a religious concept, because all sin is ultimately against God, God's laws, God's creation, God's covenant, and God's purposes and it is said to be the basic corrupting agent in the 'entire universe'.
"There are numerous Hebrew and Greek words used to designate sin in biblical writings and it is and apparently the most basic Hebrew word meaning "revolt" or "transgression" and indicating a deliberate act of defiance against God.
Sin is the name given to moral evil when it is considered from a religious point of view.
Christianity sees sin as a deliberate violation of the will of God which is attributable to human pride, self-centerdness, and disobedience.
2. To commit offenses or violations that are regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong: Those who have not murdered or committed adultery have sinned when they don't tell the truth or when they worship false idols; such as, wealth or human powers as being more important than God.
Very often, people are defensive of their sins because they have not been able to stop sinning with their own strength; for example, when they can't stop smoking, they rationalize about its presence in their lives by making the humiliating confession that they "can't conquer it"; so, they present arguments that there is no one who can be perfect.
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2. In the Roman Catholic Church, an offense that is judged to be minor or committed without deliberate intent and so it does not estrange the soul from the grace of God.
3. A transgression against the law of God that does not deprive the soul of divine grace either because it is a minor offense or because it was committed without full understanding of its seriousness or without full consent of the will.
4. Etymology: from Old French venial, which came from Latin venialis, "pardonable; graciouis, kind", from venia, "forgiveness, indulgence, pardon".
Related to venus, veneris, "love, desire" or venerari, "to reverence, to worship".