The
Book of WorldPeace
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THE WORLDPEACE ADVOCACY
The Book of WorldPeace
A conversation about increasing the level of peace in the world human society.
by Dr John WorldPeace JD
The WorldPeace Peace Page - the core index of The WorldPeace Advocacy and the
all-inclusive commentary of Dr John WorldPeace JD
Email: JohnWorldPeace@gmail.com
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SIN
Sin is no more than the breaking of the laws of a religious institution.
Sin is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "a violation of some
religious or moral principle."
It is not against any law to kiss your children in public. But if a society of which you are a member enacts such a law, then it would be a crime to kiss your children in public. If a religion dictates such a law, it would be a sin to kiss your children in public.
Before you can have sin, you must have a religious law prohibiting some act.
Therefore, if there are no religious laws, there can be no sin. I repeat if there are no religious laws, there can be no sin.
If there are no religious laws then the only laws that are left are social laws. The breaking of social law is criminal and socially punishable but it is not sinful and certainly not damning to the soul by any definition.
God may, in fact, divinely inspire the writing of social and religious laws to better order society. But it is nonsense to believe that God would waste one moment writing a law, the violation of which would mean the potential unmitigated, eternal damnation of the soul of the lawbreaker who is truly an immortal, infinite part of God and of every other human being who ever existed.
Inner peace comes in knowing that religious laws are written by men in order to perpetuate some religious institution and that one can only sin
against the religious institution, not against God.
Inner peace comes in knowing that God's love for us is unconditional and we can never sin against God because we are always at one with God. |
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