Sin is a word that has been greatly misunderstood and misinterpreted. Literally translated from the ancient Greek in which the New Testament was written, to sin means to miss the mark, as an archer who misses the target, so to sin means to miss the point of human existence. It means to live unskillfully, blindly, and thus to suffer and cause suffering. (from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle)
I
first heard that definition of sin from my favorite priest, Father James Lex. It kinds of stands the definition
I first learned on its head.
1 comment:
Love it. It's a great definition.
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