Message #943

[Jan]

'Sin' - innate or learned?

Probably could be both (sin being poor choices or wrong doing - even though the world 'wrong' can easily be down to interpretation for some things). For example a child might do something wrong without actually realizing its wrong - say the child took a toy from another, just because they wanted it. Then the child may be told it is wrong and to give the toy back if the action has been seen by an adult (child may still take another childs toy even when knowing it is wrong) or if the action is not seen then the child might run off with the toy. The both children might then believe it is fine to take from another - if they have not been shown otherwise. Do we know innately if we do something 'wrong' or 'sinful' -  maybe sometimes we do - but not all the time. Maybe we don't learn the lessons straight away - so maybe we get them again and again with our interactions with others?

Hope that makes some sense - I have been working in front of the computer for far too long today - I really should be outside suffering with sunburning, hayfever & hornets