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Sin is an act or state of disobedience towards God.
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What are the arguments in favor of the proposition that it was man's spirit that died in the Garden of Eden?
Genesis 2:7 states the warning given to Adam that if he disobeyed God’s command, he would surely die. Since God spoke with him after he sinned, obviously his body didn’t die. I’m looking for clarity.
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Was salvation available to Lucifer and those angels who rebelled with him?
Revelation describes the nature of the event that led to Lucifer's demise. It seems to be quite clear that Lucifer and his angels, in rebelling against God, engaged in an act of terrible sin.
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In Catholicism, why is heresy a mortal sin?
According to Catholicism, an act of heresy is a mortal sin.
"Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise ...
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Does the Catholic church teach that sin is "transmitted" by the father?
Many questions on this site (usually about Catholic/Marian doctrine) have had references to sin as being inherited/transmitted from the father (and specifically the father, as opposed to either/both ...
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Venial sin and James 1:15
According to Catholic theology, venial sin ruins one's friendship with God, but it does not sever it completely so that the sinner merits Hell. However, James seems to say that all sin produces death. ...
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Are sins discrete events only, or can they also be of a continuous, on-going nature?
This has implications for how we have to repent of sin, and may have more serious repercussions that I haven't thought of.
Discrete cases of sin seem obvious, as when we break a clear command with a ...
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Why does Jesus intercede or Advocate after salvation? [closed]
In several passages, we see Christ as our advocate (1 John 2:1) or our mediator (1 Timothy 2:5).
My question is three fold:
Why does Christ actively mediate or advocate after salvation? Does God the ...
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What would be an orthodoxly Christian, biblically based response to a concern that a Christian could die without repenting of a given sin?
What is the fate of those who believe in Jesus Christ but who die without repenting of something they never discovered was sinful? Simon (Acts 8) likely represents an example with which I can ...
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What are names for different approaches to unintentional sin?
Some (for example, Pat Donahue, the owner of bibledebates.info) contend that unintentional sins separate a person from God just as much as deliberate sins will. By contrast, others (such as Bob Myhan ...
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Are all sins cursed by their own nature?
By cursed, I mean every sin leads the sinner to unhappiness or causes some social issue. I think the Holy Ghost is telling me all sin is cursed (even before the afterlife) even though the lowliest ...
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According to Catholicism, is tempting another person a sin?
According to Catholic theologians, is tempting another person always a sin?
It would seem to be a sin, because tempting someone is to lead him into sin, which is the sin of scandal.
It would seem not ...
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According to the Catholic Church, is taking Anabolic Steroids for enhanced physique and greater workout power sinful?
In body building, people will often take Anabolic Steroids or PEDs to enhance their lifting experience. Often, these people aren't taking steroids to gain an unfair advantage in some competitive sport....
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What are the sins that God kills for in the Bible?
I was recently reading an article online that mentioned Onanism is one of the only four sins that God directly intervenes and kills for in the Biblical narrative. I thought this was really interesting ...
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Why is masturbation a sin? (without human arguments, Pentecostalism) [duplicate]
My side: I believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit , in Bible (solo), that it's possible to have deep experiences nowadays with God as Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Paul did by fasting and seeking souls, and ...
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What was the Early Church's view of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage?
What was the early church's perspective of sexual immorality and sex outside of marriage? I know the biblical perspective, but I am incredibly interested in how the early church fathers viewed this ...
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Why do Christians fall into sin despite Biblical promises to the contrary?
I'm referring to promises such as:
13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he ...
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According to the Catholic Church, are sex positions that can’t bear children sinful?
Note that my question is asking about married couples, not just any two people engaging in intercourse.
According to the Catholic Church, would a husband in wife be in sin if they committed any of the ...
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What does the Bible say about gender segregation and free mixing of sexes in public places?
Islamic scholars claim it is against Islamic rules to attend events where there is free mixing of men and women (such as concerts, proms and parties):
There follows a list of haraam things which both ...
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If you do something that the Roman Catholic teaches is a grave matter, but you don't agree it is a grave matter, do you have to confess it?
If you are conscious of having done something which the Roman Catholic Church teaches is grave matter, but you don't agree it is, in fact, grave matter; do you have to confess it? For instance, if you ...
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Why don't Protestants use the Augustinian concept of concupiscence?
Concupiscence, which can be defined as
perversity and lack of order, a turning away from the Creator who is more excellent toward creatures which are inferior to Him (To Simplician, I.2.18)
which is ...
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How do Biblical Unitarians who accept Jesus’ sinlessness understand this argument?
All men are sinful.
If Jesus is not God, he is a man.
Thus, if Jesus is a man, he is sinful.
Jesus was not sinful.
Thus Jesus must be more than a man.
Premise 1 is merely an acceptance of Romans 3:23....
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According to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
Not much to add here - I need to ask this question as a pre-cursor to my next question. So, according to Biblical Unitarians, was Jesus sinless?
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Does Jesus' descending into hell in the Apostles Creed have any reference to the scapegoat's descend in the Jewish tradition?
The Creed of the Apostles say that Jesus descended into hell after his death on the cross. He is referred to as the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. In this context, it would be ...
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Has the Catholic Church changed which sins incur excommunication?
In light of modern technological progress, has the Catholic Church changed which sins incur excommunication?
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Can Catholic converts attend worship and participate fully in their family's Protestant church?
For a Catholic convert who either was raised in a Protestant church (including being baptized there) or who was married in a Protestant church, but whose parents, spouse and children want to remain ...
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Isn't it illogical for an atheist to go to hell? [closed]
God gives me reason. I use that reason to analyze the world around me and draw my own conclusions. How can I be guilty if my reason, given to me by God, let me conclude that God doesn't exist? Isn't ...
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Did Adam need to tend the Garden of Eden because the biocycle a sinful process?
When Adam was created, there was no sin in this world. We are told that the wages of sin are death. My assumption therefore would be that prior to sin, nothing died.
So this leads me to a bit of a ...
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If we will have free will and be sinless in Heaven at the same time, then why did God not create a world with sinless free creatures to begin with?
This question is scoped to those who believe that:
We have libertarian free wills
We will retain our free will in Heaven
We will be sinless in Heaven
Question: If Heaven demonstrates that it is ...
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Doesn’t John 9:34 lay the groundwork for what the Jewish people believed about Original Sin?
For context, we read:
“They said to the blind man again, “What do you say about Him because
He opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”
But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had ...
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How defined is the threshold of graveness for mortal sins? (Catholicism)
The Catholic Church has defined criteria for when a sin is a mortal sin:
The sin is grave.
It's committed with full knowledge of the sin and its gravity.
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