What is Sin?

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Ever since the day that Adam and Eve Ate from the Tree of Knowledge, man has been able to see right from wrong.  This new knowledge would now bring up the possibility for a man or woman to sin.

Sinning is the INTENTIONAL doing of something wrong while being AWARE of the knowledge of the action being wrong.  Notice that the two words “intentional” and “aware” are all capitolized, putting great emphasis on them both.  No matter how bad the action is, if the person commiting the action is unaware of the negative outcomes or that it is not the right thing to do, or if the person does not intentionally do the action, it is NOT a sin.

Following these guidelines, there are basically only two types of people who are generally excluded from being held responsible for their sins against another man.  These two people share the fact that the sin would never be intentional nor would he/she be aware of what they are really doing and what will come of their action.  The two people would of course be BABIES and the MENTALLY CHALLENGED citizens (only the ones who cannot and will not ever understand right from wrong).

Many people tend to misunderstand the Bible and blame Eve for the creation of sin and the original sin.  However, I have noticed and heard of something in defence of the woman’s side.  God first created Adam before Eve, and he told Adam not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, THEN he created Eve.  Therefore, God never told Eve directly not to eat the fruit.  So if she was not allowed to eat from the Tree of Knowledge either, and God put ADAM in charge of Eve, then it would be just as much of Adam’s fault for allowing Eve to eat the fruit and to be tempted by her and the serpent to eat the fruit also.

Respond to this and leave your personal comments to tell me what you think about these thoughts of mine!  And leave some of yours also!  God Bless!