You may be without karma Bill!, but you may also be missing the mark on
what 'sin' means in the context of the New Testament.
Most modern versions drive from Greek texts. The Greek word hamartia is
often translated as sin in the New Testament; it means "to miss the
mark" or "to miss the target".
Get it? ;)
If not, try practicing Kyudo.
In distance shooting there are three levels of skill:
To-teki, the arrow hits the target.
Kanteki, the arrow pierces the target.
Zaiteki, the arrow exists in the target.
To be without sin, only one aspect of practice.
KG
On 9/10/2012 4:38 AM, Bill! wrote:
Merle,
In one of your posts a long time ago and far, far away (that means I
couldn't find it) you castigated me for stating that Christians and
Muslims did bad things during the Crusades in the name of their
religions. You used a quote of Jesus from the Bible and I think it was:
"Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone...
- John 8:7 (English Standard Version)
I have already stated in an early post (an even longer time ago and
further away) that I considered myself pretty knowledgeable about
Christianity and very knowledgeable about the teaching of Jesus. I
didn't respond to this part of your post at that time because I didn't
consider this quote really relevant to our discussion, but I would
like to respond now.
I am without sin so would be eligible to throw stones if and when the
situation calls for that.
...Bill!
