Sin

Sin

In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything within individuals that violates the ideal relationship between them and God.

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Famous quotes containing the word sin:

    “Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)

    “But wonder at a greater wonder, for to us
    Created nature doth these things subdue,
    But their Creator, whom sin nor nature tied,
    For us, his Creatures and his foes, hath died.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)

    “Evil is that which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)