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Originally Posted by Antiventurecapital  There is no personal standard for "sin", by definition. Either you have sinned or you haven't. A higher power decides. It's not for the individual to decide whether they have sinned or not. It goes without saying, that I provided the emerging religious reinterpretation of sin. To be clear, this reinterpretation is actually the original interpretation. Biblical scholars are continously identifying mistranslations. Woe onto him that taketh the bible literally. |
I am not saying that we PERSONALLY decide whether we have sinned or not. We have all sinned, I understand that. We have all missed the mark of perfection; nothing will change that.
Earlier you said:
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Originally Posted by Antiventurecapital "the word "sin" has been reinterpreted as meaning "to miss one's mark" in life. To miss one's mark is to not make the most of your life, to not use your talents to their fullest, and to not appreciate your time here, if I understand correctly." |
I don't know whether you believe that view or not, but the Bible differs from that, as I said in my previous post.
So essentially, if we have all "sinned" in not "living life to the fullest", have we thus not attained true happiness? Adding to that, is it then possible to attain happiness DESPITE the fact that we have all sinned, which means we are unable to attain that certain standard?