So for this theology there is no question but that the sick man must have committed
an offense against God; otherwise he just would not be sick.
I guess that is why I believe that * sin * is more of a betrayal of our own humanity than
an offense against God.
Based on his continuum, Piper concludes that a female city planner, who indirectly leads men by designing traffic patterns, exhibits influence that is non-personal «and therefore not necessarily
an offense against God's order.»
Yes you ALMOST get it, a sin is
an offense AGAINST god, god is a PRODUCT of religion and therefore without religion it is NOT a sin.
She understands that S odomy is a grave
offense against God.
Sadly, these initiatives are fought tooth and nail by anti-gay groups (sadly pretty much all of which identify as Christian) who want to claim (against all evidence) that being gay makes you more likely to commit suicide not anything that you suffer as a result of being gay, just some arbitrary
offense against God thing.
Not exact matches
The
offense against religion is that it promotes a
God that has poorly designed humans to have too small a birth canal, too large a cranium (pushing wisdom teeth into often painful positions), and since roughly 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage, is responsible for more abortions than anyone.
Blame your
god for creating such a flawed world — and then holding that
offense against us, as if we had a choice.
For the state without due process to repress that right is a grave
offense against human rights, a disfigurement of the image of
God in humans, and a serious step in social retardation.
God is infinitely holy, and could never look favorably upon sin, and an
offense against the holiness of
God is an infinitely wicked deed done in open rebellion
against the
God who created you — that deed requires an infinite amount of retribution to atone for, and one that you, being a mere person could never repay though you attempted to do so for all eternity.
In other words,
God regards anger
against one's fellow man as serious an
offense as man regards murder.
God needs someone to pay for the eternal
offense of sin
against Him and His holiness.
As such, any sin
against God is an infinite
offense.
Those who carry out genocidal violence «believe they are (a) revenging an appalling
offense against their entire community [and
God as well], (b) expelling the contaminating evil from their midst, and (c) obeying a divine mandate» (Heim, Saved from Sacrifice, 51 - 52).
Because of this
offense against the glory of
God, humans are alienated from their Creator and deserve his just condemnation for their sins.
And we must always bear in mind that
God is not indifferent to the victims, for ultimately all the victims are the Victim,
God's own Son, and when
God condemns by reason of the
offense against his will and love and majesty, this is not an abstract, philosophical, or theoretical declaration.
Neither has any doctrine ever so carefully defended itself
against the most shocking of all blasphemies, that after
God had taken this step it then should be taken in vain, as though
God and man coalesced in one and the same thing — never has any doctrine ever defended itself
against this as Christianity has, which defends itself by the help of the
offense.
Blatant sin
against God is a serious
offense.
«We still want to put that fear of
God in an
offense and let them know that when they play
against us, they're in for a long day.»