tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629468.post9141156172807135059..comments2023-05-12T04:28:28.504-05:00Comments on Daily Bread: Sin and "Missing the Mark"Prior Peter, OSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955043134006446842noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629468.post-56060328036177927022008-06-27T07:24:00.000-05:002008-06-27T07:24:00.000-05:00Fr. Peter,It seems that you are speaking of sin as...Fr. Peter,<BR/><BR/>It seems that you are speaking of sin as finite actions in this post. Whether they be mistakes or willful actions, they are sin only because they are acted out. But then you state <I>"The Christian tradition interprets this state of affairs as evidence that the world is in the grip of an anti-creation force of evil, and we suffer from this state whether we will it or not."</I> which moves from finite actions to a state of being--regardless of whether or not that state of being manifests itself in finite actions.<BR/><BR/>When you bring this back to the thoughts on conversions being fulfillments rather than ruptures (I really like this thought and will let it kick around in my head for a bit...) I think it would be important to keep to the sinful nature rather than mixing in the manifestations of that nature. For surely, even after we have been given new life, we continue to make mistakes and/or willfully do wrong because our sanctification is not yet complete. But if we want to look at the conversion experience as a fulfillment, we need to recognize that it is the sinful nature that has been (or has to be) put to death. And it is only in the apprehension of this reality that we find the freedom to sin no more.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551331996392135589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629468.post-32216702560582942142008-06-20T19:21:00.000-05:002008-06-20T19:21:00.000-05:00The distinction that was made in your post between...The distinction that was made in your post between a mistake and a sin is very thought-provoking. The victim of someone's repeated mistakes can very easily identify the mistakes as sins; however, the person committing the sin would not identify it that way as easily as the victim would. I would think that the person making the "mistakes" would think that he or she was not sinning if he or she don't seem to have the ability to stop making the mistakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com