Tim wrote:
"Sin can refer to a broad category. It is both conscious and sub-conscious, I think. Suffering is brought forth by it. And all are under its spell. It is why we are imperfect beings."
To quote H.L. Mencken "Morality is the theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong."
If you are an adult, or hope to soon be one, you need to get over blaming things on the devil, or evil, or the number 666, or your subconscious, or the inhalation of bad vapours.
To quote Hypatia: "Fables should be taught as fables, myths as myths, and miracles as poetic fancies. To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing. The child mind accepts and believes them, and only through great pain and perhaps tragedy
can he be in after years relieved of them. In fact, men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth --- often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."
If you have personal demons see a psychologist or your family physician. If you are perfectly normal then it is time to give up the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
