Is ALL sin WILLFULL?

by gumby 183 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

  • gumby
    gumby

    Many time believers differentiate sin as willfull and non willfull. Is there a difference .....not including an honest mistake?

    Gumby

  • mouthy
    mouthy

    I swore really bad the other day.... It was willfull....but since Christ says none are perfect. I felt better after I said I was sorry------

  • Narkissos
    Narkissos

    Great question.

    I think this (especially Christian) distinction promoted the worst kind of hypocrisy, i.e. cheating with oneself.

    Freud hit the decisive nail onto its coffin.

  • gaiagirl
    gaiagirl

    How do you define "sin"?

  • mouthy
    mouthy

    Social Insurance Number

  • KW13
    KW13

    nah, not all will is sinful - but anything negative that i do to annoy my stepdad is!

  • oldflame
    oldflame

    Willful sin is where you know that it is a sin and you tell yourself I know it is a sin but I am gonna do it anyway. It's especially hard when she is standin right in front of ya naked as a jaybird. Ya know what I mean ? LOL

  • Mary
    Mary
    Mouthy said: I swore really bad the other day.... It was willfull....but since Christ says none are perfect. I felt better after I said I was sorry

    Ya, and it was probably my bad influence that prompted the swearing in the first place .......I can't do anything right.

  • blondie
    blondie

    I don't consider newborn babies capable of willful sin.

  • Warlock
    Warlock
    I swore really bad the other day

    What if you just think it? Would that have been a sin? If so, then you did a double sin. You thought it AND spoke it.

    Warlock

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