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Date Posted: 15:27:49 02/14/02 Thu
Author: mt. healthy mountaineer
Subject: Re: Hmmm
In reply to: mvd 's message, "Re: Hmmm" on 10:30:18 02/14/02 Thu

Sin is more than just the 10 commandments. Heck, the 10 commandments were really part of a whole group of instructions that are listed in 2 places, which is why you sometimes see different 9th and 10th commandments.

I said that sin is selfishness, either acted upon (Gimme that!) or not (Get away from me, you homeless bum!).

The more unselfish you are, the less you sin.

However, you can only go so far, because that is our nature.

You can be an absolutely horrible person while not breaking a single commandment. You said you were reading the Book of Thomas. I know you've read from the Gospels - Jesus was always blasting the Pharisees who lived "sinless" lives but were really horrible self-centered people.

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