Can someone clarify what some popular myths that some sins are ok even though they are not?

For instance some that are ok to society but are actually sins are:
1 Getting drunk
2 Tattoos
3 White lies
4 Lies (which can lead to death kind of like what Hitler did to lie)
5 Not saying what should be said
6 Watching bad happen when you know you can stop it
7 Lust which gets confused for love
8 Fornication
9 Also having kids before marriage which also goes against fornication
10 Changing the bible’s words
11 Hedonism
12 Homosexual activities which also is part of hedonism
13 Charging interest to the people that are in need
14 Showing off pride than humbleness
15 Not taking action and just voicing your opinion only
16 Using your free time mostly for unimportant things
17 saying G** Dammed which curses God
18 to say what is bad as bad and not to be Politically correct
Etc. which you can fill in more.

I definitely agree that there are many sins that are accepted by today's society. And I do agree with about 99% of your list there. But I think that there are some things that aren't good or bad, like getting a tattoo for instance. It's not a sin to get a tattoo. The Apostle Paul reminds us not to be legalistic and try to live up under the old testament law, because if we do then we must live under the WHOLE law, in which we become utterly guilty. For instance, if you don't have a fence around your roof then you'd be breaking the old testament law. Ever wear mixed materials in your clothing? That's another one. If we try and live under the old testament law then we must keep the whole law. Remember the old testament law was nailed to the cross. But also, Jesus repeated all of the 10 Commandments in the New Testament, all except for 1 of them, which is the keeping of the Sabbath. And they are even stronger now, for example, not only now must I not kill, now if I hate someone in my heart then that's just as bad as murder. Not only may I not commit adultry, but now if I look at a woman for lust then I am just as guilty!

I'm not fussing here, just making a point.

But what I'm saying is that we shouldn't focus on what people are doing as in how much they sin. That's not our place. But I believe our main focus should be towards them meeting Jesus Christ. Once a person sincerely does so, then God will take care of the rest. We shouldn't focus on do's and don'ts, but instead on growing our relationship with Christ, we aren't Christians because of what we do and don't do, but because of our relationship with Christ.

God Bless,

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"Well the funniest thing that He's done,"
"Is love this poor stubborn rebellious world,"
"While the hate for Him just goes on."

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tatoos I would not consider a sin. a little on the stupid side, many times, tho. the bible does say not to paint yourself, but that seems to be more inline with pagan rituals, etc.

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Also having kids before marriage which also goes against fornication

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Charging interest to the people that are in need

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The media has been regulated by Christian form the 1930’s-1950’s and Hollywood did have shows of sex in the 1920. Christians then did not act as much at after 1960 and let immoral things happen and being publicized like shows like sex in the city. People think the truth is something you hear many times and people get kind of brainwashed thinking if everyone does it then it must be normal and normal means that its ok.

I agree about the Old Testament and Christ clarified it. Also Christ said to respect others and treat them like yourself, and said to say the truth, so we should respect people but not there wrong views. Many did that with Hitler’s view and did more bad than good, and the same goes with other religions that are similar to Hitler’s book which society says not to say bad things about it which is wrong. If you are nice to bad then you are automatically bad to good. Some should know what religion I mean.

As for using G** D*** isn’t that using gods name in vain and part of the 10 commandments? If I am wrong about the dammed part it still is bad to request for God to dam someone because you are mad which you are doing 2 bad things I would assume. If atheist to say that shows that they do not respect the others since the other should be offended to that and silly when they use it since they do not believe.

As for tattoos a priest would be against it and you would never see a proper priest with a tattoo on him, and if some think its ok then maybe they would think its ok if a priest has a tattoo on his forehead with a cross. Another thing is having a tattoo of a cross which seems contradictory since Christians are not supposed to show off like that. The New Testament says not to inflict damage upon yourself which is a sin. Well a priest can explain more but is someone knows how to clarify better then tell us.

As for not having kids, well just like you said about fornication. But the child is not to blame since the child did not sin so no need to call the child a sinner. Many couples should not have a white wedding but a black wedding. Some have gray wedding but the church decided to change the rules which is wrong and call it a white wedding. White is supposed to symbolize purity in a wedding but it does not seem to apply in today’s society since they push that the wrong is right. Kind of like what Christ said that what will be right will be considere3d wrong, and what is wrong will be considered right.

As for charging people well, shouldn’t we all treat each other like friends?

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Many couples should not have a white wedding but a black wedding. Some have gray wedding but the church decided to change the rules which is wrong and call it a white wedding. White is supposed to symbolize purity in a wedding but it does not seem to apply in today’s society since they push that the wrong is right. Kind of like what Christ said that what will be right will be considere3d wrong, and what is wrong will be considered right.

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that is true , but only to a point. I think these things shouldn't just be accepted as all ok, meaning people living together, just merging through a nice ceremony in the church, with all the words, irregardless of their conviction on marriage..

However if a couple is seeking God, choosing to do things right (like get some good counselling, deciding to live apart and not have sex (even though they were before) as they prepare for their marriage, sanctifying themselves apart for God and for holy matrimony, there is no reason not to have a white wedding - for there is such this as forgiveness of sins , as if they never happened, and God cleansing, purifying us from all unholiness, thus we can then go into marriage, not in shame of our past, but in the love and purity of the cleansing that Jesus gave us, thankful for him, and accepting his blessings over a holy and sanctified marriage.

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Visionary Media
the creative submitted to the divine.
Husband of my amazing wife Aleshia
Klumsy@xtra.co.nz

1. THERE R DOUBLE OR MULTI MEANING TO WORDS(IT JUST DEPENDS HOW YOU USE THEM)

2. A HIDDIN PUN (WHEN EVER YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY NO PUN INTENDED. THERE WAS A PUN SOMEWHERE) NOTE SOMEONE DOESNT HAVE TO SAY NO PUN INTENDED FOR THERE TO BE ONE. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK 4 ;-)

3. HIDDEN GESTURES EITHER BY HAND GESTURES, WINKS OR SOME TYPE OF WORDING

4. LEARNING HOW TO USE CODING OR DECODING

ARE YOU CONFUSS YET OR FIND THIS STRANGE AND HARD TO BELIEVE? LOL I DONT BLAME YOU. I WAS 2 IN THE BEGINNING, BUT SADDLY TO SAY ITS OUT THERE. ONCE AGAIN THE QUESTION IS UNKNOWN SIN. IT CAN ALSO BE SAID UNTOLD OR UNSPOKEN SIN! IM GOIN TO ASK YOU TO TRUST ME ON THIS. AS WILD OR CRAZY AS THIS SOUNDS, ITS TRUE. ITS UP 2 YOU 2 BELIEVE IT OR NOT AND SOME OF YOU WONT ADMIT TO IT, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE THIS AND KNOWS THE LINGO BELIEVE IN THESE 5 ELEMENTS 1. LIES 2.DECEPTION 3. TRICKERY 4.MISERY 5. LUST...
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY BUT THTS ANOTHER STORY...THERE IS YOUR UNKNOWN SIN

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

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THEY SAY IM SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH, BUT TELLS LIES!

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They say that when you run a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear demonic voices... But that's nothing - When you run it forwards it installs Windows..

either way... hit the capslock key... do it...
then, you'll find that you can check your yahoo account.

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'fetish' :P

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They say that when you run a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear demonic voices... But that's nothing - When you run it forwards it installs Windows..

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PS. you can change the casing on MS word by highlighting the words, select format, change casing, and choose how you want your casing to be.

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THEY SAY IM SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH, BUT TELLS LIES!

however if you have regret outside the context of God's grace,
your mind is open to 'the accuser of the bretheren' who along with yourself with persuade you taht you are worthless, hopeless, you will live in a cycle of sin, guilt , shame, sin, guilt , shame, you will end up hating yourself, and your view of God will be shewed, you won't have a true humility before God, but a weird bizarre form of pride that is always focused on yourself (even if its because o fyour failures and sin), you will try to use God as your self improvement guru to improve yourself, not so much out of love for God and wanting to obey him because of the appreciation of his love an grace (as in the top example), but rather because you need to feel improved so you can feel better about yourself , all SELF SELF SELF, mixed with sin, guilt and shame - not a pretty picture.

regret,having a conscience about our sin but the Grace of God, Jesus's Salvation is much more important for there is no longer Codemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, and our sins are in the sea of forgetfulness - (not as a license to be able to continue sin, God forbit that) but as liberation to be able to follow Christ in purity and love , in obedience to the truth, because the Son has set us free indeed.

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Visionary Media
the creative submitted to the divine.
Husband of my amazing wife Aleshia
Klumsy@xtra.co.nz

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A must read: http://www.christiancoders.com/cgi-bin/articles/show_article.pl?f=christiancaleb0 1112002.html

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He that thinketh by the inch, yet talketh by the yard, deserveth to be kicketh by the foot!

I can look at the lists here and say yep, haha, that one yeah, I did that too... sheesh... that one as well.. ya know? lol When Jesus said he who sins is a slave to it, He really meant it! But thank God that he forgives and forgets. And what's also so awesome is that He gives us the power to stop sinning, to say NO to the temptation. And if we do happen to stumble He doesn't kick us while we're down, but He picks us up and says, okay, let's try it My way now. Praise His Name!

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"So many laughing at Jesus,"
"Well the funniest thing that He's done,"
"Is love this poor stubborn rebellious world,"
"While the hate for Him just goes on."

[This message has been edited by brandon (edited September 26, 2004).]

-- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), "The Poison of Subjectivism" (from Christian Reflections; p. 108)

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Shakespeare owns C.S. Lewis.

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In addition to his fiction writings, C.S. Lewis also wrote books on Christian philosophy and apologetics. On a philisophical matter such as whether right or wrong exists, I would much rather trust C.S. Lewis over Shakespheare.

In any case, Lewis is correct: Freedom assumes that there is some sort of slavery that we have to free ourselves from, and that that slavery is somehow wrong. If there is no right or wrong, then there is no reason why we should want freedom, for slavery is then not wrong.

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"The very idea of freedom presupposes some objective moral law which overarches rulers and ruled alike." -- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), "The Poison of Subjectivism" (from Christian Reflections; p. 108)

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Repentance involves two factors, one from man and one from God... Man must desire.. meaning man must regret and included in true regret is the desire to change. God gives the ability. Man may regret and even desire to change but if God does not enable him, he is unable to do so. As it says of esau in the bible, he "wept with bitter tears, but found no place of repentance".

I also don't consider tattoo to be a sin. There are many things in the mosaic/levitical laws that were given for a number of different purposes, either for health, or to teach a symbolic lesson, or simply to make Israel different. Most of those reasons are no longer necessary.

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-- All that is gold does not glitter,
Deep roots are not touched by the frost,
The old that is strong does not wither,
Not all those who wander are lost.

Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. Orson Welles did the radio broadcast for War of the World (which was written by H.G. Welles)
yes, their names are too similar...

although I haven't ready Animal Farm yet, ( I want to) I'd have to go with Napoleon. Wilbur is a wimp.

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