Sin and Immunity
I just got home.
I had an interview at 10am this morning and right after that I went to Taytay to teach (yeah, I am tutoring again.) Anyway, when I got there, the kids had an assignment. About what? Looky here:
Degrees of Sin:
Mortal Sin - wrongful acts that constitute a person to hell after death if not forgiven
Venial Sin - lesser sin, does not result in complete separation from God;
involves loss of grace from God
Honestly, I don't know where and how to start saying the things in my head right now.
Let me just quote Kiera Knightly (just because I am tired, and it's pretty much the summary of what's in my mind at the moment)
"If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt."I understand some people's need for a guide-slash-handbook on how to live life, on how to do good. Some people also need something to lean on, to ask help from, and to make them look forward for a plan that was made for them specifically and especially. A lot of paintings, sculptures, poems, and songs were religion-inspired, and I love those -- I love art -- so thank you (in a way) to religion.
However, it worries me too. Having this promise of afterlife, of heaven. It's as if what you do here on earth does not matter much as long as you repent and ask forgiveness because then you'd still go to heaven when you die. It's kinda twisted to me. It's like being a kid who did something wrong, then runs to mommy in order to escape the blame -- to have a hiding place and be given the immunity from being "wrong." For instance, a mom beating her daughter and then only says "Only God can judge me" in court. It's like, wtf?!!
I don't want to ramble on this subject because it's inevitable to veer from just sinning and repentance. Plus I am exhausted, and thinking of this more makes me feel more tired so I'll cut this short.
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can kids really handle such stuff??
ReplyDeleteKids (around 10-11) are of course, expected to just accept what they are taught in school. They are expected not to question and argue.
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