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Here's how I tend to define sin, and let me know if it helps: sin is more broadly defined than a list of actions.

Posted by TFox Mar 12 '10, 08:38

Sin is, in it's most overarching definition, any action that damages your personal relationship with God. There is a long list of actions that are generally accepted to fall under that definition, i.e. killing dudes and whatnot.

But as a relationship with God is a personal thing, that means different things to different people, so then must sin be a mutable concept. If you have a relationship with God and feel that being able to love your partner strengthens that relationship with God, in much the same way that it does for a straight couple, then no, I would not define that as a sin in the slightest.

But I don't speak for everyone.

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very interesting. thank you for sharing that. -- nm - oblique Mar 12, 08:44 1
- no prob. i mean, really, what it boils down to for me is, there are only two entities that know when any one person is sinning: that person and God. - TFox Mar 12, 08:52
the closest parallel to an idea of "sin" in my worldview... - znufrii Mar 12, 08:42
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Here's how I tend to define sin, and let me know if it helps: sin is more broadly defined than a list of actions.

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