The Greek word in the New Testiment that is translated as "sin", literally means "to miss the mark" (as in archery). They had no concept of sin in Hellenism (the Greek religion) like we do today because of Christianity.
So what do you all think about sin? Are we better off as a society today because of a clearly defined set of actions that can be called "sins"? Or would we be better off in your opinion to never have known or imagined "sins" a person can commit against an all-righteous God?
I don't think that using the word
sin is inherently bad; but I believe that its misuse--to suit personal means--seems, well, sinful. That is, I don't think it's bad to have a word that indicates one is "missing the mark" in terms of rightful behavior (that of the Higher Self, the Atman, etc.). But when the word is used to scare people into a certain behavior, or to scare people so as to encourage them to part with their money (for a religious institution's financial gain), then it's very misuse, IMO, is sinful (especially when it's knowingly/purposely misused, rather than done so out of ignorance).
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