- published: 18 Dec 2014
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In a religious context, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God; or as any diversion from the perceived ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark".
The word derives from "Old English syn(n), for original *sunjō... The stem may be related to that of Latin sons, sont-is guilty. In Old English there are examples of the original general sense, ‘offence, wrong-doing, misdeed'". The Biblical terms translated from New Testament Greek (αμαρτία - amartia) and from Hebrew as "sin" or "syn" originate in archery and literally refer to missing the "gold" at the centre of a target, but hitting the target, i.e. error. (Archers call not hitting the target at all a "miss".)
In the Bahá'í Faith, humans are considered naturally good (perfect), fundamentally spiritual beings. Human beings were created because of God's immeasurable love. However, the Bahá'í teachings compare the human heart to a mirror, which, if turned away from the light of the sun (i.e. God), is incapable of receiving God's love.
Sins hated you to death
Retinas catch light thrown down from hell's mouth,
welcome home
You crushed me with deceit. Descent past all other sins
Your voice cant reach my heart anymore
Follow me down
Three faced beast, source of hate Weeping blood
Waist-deep in black ice
cast the deceiver of the bastard christ
From the center mouth so you can take you place
take pictures through my eyes Your eyes no longer move me
Fear my heights, call my name
Beat out of time Write me down