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We are told that sin consists in acting contrary to god's commands, but we are also told that god is omnipotent. . . . this leads to frightful results. . . . the british state considers it the duty of an englishman to kill people who are not english whenever a collection of elderly gentlemen in westminster tells him to do so. . . . church and state are placable enemies of both intelligence and virtue.

-Bertrand Russell

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We Are Told That Sin Consists In

Bertrand Russell

We are told that sin consists in acting contrary to god's commands, but we are also told that god is omnipotent. . . . this leads to frightful results. . . . the british state considers it the duty of an englishman to kill people who are not english whenever a collection of elderly gentlemen in westminster tells him to do so. . . . church and state are placable enemies of both intelligence and virtue.

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We are told that sin consists in acting contrary to god's commands, but we are also told that god is omnipotent. if he is, nothing contrary to his will can occur; therefore when the sinner disobeys his commands, he must have intended this to happen.

I think i went through early years of my career sort of thinking, "well, maybe i'm just not british enough." and i always remember my father saying to me, "don't think you're english, because however english you feel, some englishman is going to remind you that you're not." now, for him it must have been a much more acute experience, because he immigrated to england. i was born there, so i kind of felt i had the right to assume that i was british, but it's true. the english are a very warm and welcoming people, but there's a streak in there that reminds you, occasionally.

Drive-bys want you to think that donald trump doesn't have a mind of his own. he's either doing what steve bannon tells him to do or he's either doing what jared kushner tells him to do or he's then doing what gary cohn tells him to do, and then sometimes he might do what ivanka trump tells him to do. they want you to believe he doesn't have a mind of his own, that he actually believes the last thing somebody tells him. i don't think that's how it happened.

Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with god is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. where this truth is embraced and god is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. the power of sin is the power of deceit. sin has power through promising a false future. in temptation sin comes to us and says: "the future with god on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way i promise is pleasant and satisfying." the power of sin is in the power of this lie.

I think that the bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealousy is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin. so i don't think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.

What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.

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