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Atheist Debates - Yall just want to sin (Original Post) AngryDem001 Apr 2015 OP
Well, yeah. beam me up scottie Apr 2015 #1
How can I sin, uriel1972 Apr 2015 #2
Adam&Eve didn't believe in the original sin either. DetlefK Apr 2015 #3
Isn't that what the missionaries told the various natives they came across? Lordquinton Apr 2015 #4
I don't have a god that will forgive through the use of violent family murder. Gore1FL Apr 2015 #5
"The only sin is ignorance" AlbertCat Apr 2015 #6
Unlike the Sunday Christians who are free to sin all week long LiberalAndProud Apr 2015 #7
I don't drink, I don't smoke LostOne4Ever Apr 2015 #8
Uh...ah...well it doesn't matter Heddi Apr 2015 #9
You're trying to find a loophole, that's what Lordquinton Apr 2015 #10
Pulling out is a sin Major Nikon Apr 2015 #11
People tend to not read that story Lordquinton Apr 2015 #12

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
1. Well, yeah.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 03:07 AM
Apr 2015

Of course that's what we want.

I can't watch the vid (not your fault, on dial up here) but I didn't want to leave you hangin'.


DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
3. Adam&Eve didn't believe in the original sin either.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 06:40 AM
Apr 2015

Conclusion: It's only a sin if others tell you it's wrong.


I think, that's why the concept of "sin" is so powerful as a tool for controlling people: Moral decisions automatically get outsourced to the authority-figure.

(Also, it wasn't Cain who decided "I did something horrible, this must be a sin." It was God who decided "You did something horrible, it must be a sin.&quot

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
4. Isn't that what the missionaries told the various natives they came across?
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 02:49 PM
Apr 2015

something about "Why would you tell me that if it only leads to my damnation" I recall.

Gore1FL

(21,146 posts)
5. I don't have a god that will forgive through the use of violent family murder.
Thu Apr 23, 2015, 03:34 PM
Apr 2015

I have to be moral on my own.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
7. Unlike the Sunday Christians who are free to sin all week long
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 02:20 PM
Apr 2015

so long as they repent on Sunday. Cool deal.

I've never had that argument thrown at me, but it's a funny one, considering.

LostOne4Ever

(9,290 posts)
8. I don't drink, I don't smoke
Sun Apr 26, 2015, 02:47 PM
Apr 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]And as an asexual I don't have sex.

What sin is it that i'm wanting to commit by being an atheist?[/font]

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