Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
Sin Quotes
It is not to be understood that I am with him (Jesus Christ) in all his doctrines. I am a Materialist; he takes the side of Spiritualism; he preaches the efficacy of repentance toward forgiveness of sin; I require a counterpoise of good works to redeem it.
But the first thing next morning we reflected If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn’t take us long To get so we had no one left to live with.
I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.
A secular society always feels uncomfortable with the moral imagination associated with the seven deadly sins. The Enlightenment replaced the idea of sin, which is deemed to be an offense against God, with the idea of crime, which is an offense against other people. But the rationalists still shared with religion the belief that individuals […]
Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his (Lucifer’s) ruin.
The London Times once asked a number prominent people to write essays on the topic, What’s Wrong with the World. Gilbert K. Chesterton’s reply is the shortest and most to the point in history: Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely,
In a world whose motto has become ‘You mustn’t blame yourself’, sin has been replaced by sickness. Once upon a time there were seven deadly sins. They were called deadly because they led to spiritual death and therefore to damnation. The seven sins were (and are): lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, anger, envy and pride. Now […]
No man’s contented just so much to sin – As you may license him.
Modern masters of science are much impressed with the need of beginning all inquiry with a fact. The ancient masters of religion were quite equally impressed with that necessity. They began with the fact of sin – a fact as practical as potatoes. Whether or not man could be washed in miraculous waters, there was […]
