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Atheists & Agnostics

DetlefK

(16,485 posts)

3. Adam&Eve didn't believe in the original sin either.

Reply to uriel1972 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2015, 05:40 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