Difference between revisions of "Essay:Sin is addictive"
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Sin is addictive. That is, any sin one "tries" is likely to be repeated. Unless your conscience is strong enough to make you regret it afterwards, the rewards you perceive can overpower your dedication to goodness. | Sin is addictive. That is, any sin one "tries" is likely to be repeated. Unless your conscience is strong enough to make you regret it afterwards, the rewards you perceive can overpower your dedication to goodness. | ||
| − | The saying, "Try it, you'll like it." is especially bad. | + | The saying, "Try it, you'll like it." is especially bad. If Satan is a snake, then "trying out" sinful behavior is playing with baby snakes. The Bible calls Satan an "ancient serpent" and "a liar ... from the beginning". |
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| + | The idea of speaking with "a forked tongue" illustrates the concept of tempting someone into sin by using words with double meanings. "You won't die," said the serpent to Eve. Yet God had told her that "In day you eat of the fruit, you will die." Although Eve lived long enough to mother at least three children, she "died" in some way when she ate the forbidden [[fruit of knowledge]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:06, May 19, 2007
Sin is addictive. That is, any sin one "tries" is likely to be repeated. Unless your conscience is strong enough to make you regret it afterwards, the rewards you perceive can overpower your dedication to goodness.
The saying, "Try it, you'll like it." is especially bad. If Satan is a snake, then "trying out" sinful behavior is playing with baby snakes. The Bible calls Satan an "ancient serpent" and "a liar ... from the beginning".
The idea of speaking with "a forked tongue" illustrates the concept of tempting someone into sin by using words with double meanings. "You won't die," said the serpent to Eve. Yet God had told her that "In day you eat of the fruit, you will die." Although Eve lived long enough to mother at least three children, she "died" in some way when she ate the forbidden fruit of knowledge.