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[absinthe_eyed]

I prefer sins to threats of floods of Biblical proportions.  Sinning--if you believe in sin outside of the context of curses--is part of being human.  Even if you don't believe in the concept of sin, we're still inescapably flawed creatures that allow our base instincts to overwhelm our social conditioning.

Assuming this string of curses isn't

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[had_not_lived]

Well, shouldn't the flood have come after the wickedness, if that's what they were aiming for?

I hope.

[ooc; dsfgsg i love this post and jsyk Neil would be ALL OVER THAT if it wasn't private ;________; ]

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[absinthe_eyed]

I'm not sure... it would depend on the theological interpretations the deities follow. The Biblical flood was meant to wipe out wickedness, but sin persisted in spite of it. The ultimate punishment for sin is Hell.

[Pause. That's a scary thought, that.]

...Or the deities have their stories confused.

[ooc: Thank you. ._.; SORRY NEIL. No one is allowed into the angst. Unless they can hack.]

voice; why is life so busy? /sneaks

[had_not_lived]

Well, there is that.

All we can ever do is hope for the best and help out whoever we can.

[ooc; Neil can hack... firewood... with an axe?]

voice; because it hates fun? /also sneaks

[absinthe_eyed]

In my experience, hoping doesn't do much to alter a situation.

[ooc: Exceedingly handy when one needs a fire, but not so much with computers!]

[Voice]

[alexis_castle]

I think you're right. I prefer these sins as long as they don't get out of control.

Are you okay?

[Voice]

[absinthe_eyed]

Wrath might be difficult to manage.

[What! Is there any way to answer such a question honestly without provoking further inquiries?]

...I don't think so.

[Voice]

[alexis_castle]

And lust could be potentially embarrassing.

Can I help?

[Voice]

[absinthe_eyed]

I didn't even think of that.

Nn--no. But thank you.

[dreamsofnoah]

There's still a couple to go.

[absinthe_eyed]

Wrath and lust.

After that, who knows?

[dreamsofnoah]

Think of all the fighting!

Hmm~, stupidity, maybe. That's the one they suffer from the most.

[absinthe_eyed]

I'd rather not.

That's not a curse so much as a perpetual state.

[dude_imbatman]

Nothing wrong with sins. Keeps a person wellfed.

[absinthe_eyed]

And occasionally jailed.

[dude_imbatman]

Not if you're careful and avoid murdering someone.

[absinthe_eyed]

I suppose...

[yesimagenius]

Sin is a moral and behavioral issue related to society. Instilling the belief that something is wrong or bad shapes a society's behavior. Did you know many of the 'sins' and laws in the old testament were more about health concerns than anything considered 'wrong'.

Not that I think we should dismiss the idea that things like murder and abuse are wrong. It's just...I don't believe in the biblical sort of sin. We create our own Hell here.

[absinthe_eyed]

I don't know if it's an issue so much as an idea that's become too firmly rooted in Western society to do away with. I agree with you, though... ethical debates aside, there are things that most of us can call evil and consequential punishments--physical, emotional.

I didn't know that about sins, no. I do know that some of them are ridiculous.

[yes_imagenius]

Exactly. And for the most part it works to society's advantage. There's no reason to try and do away with it. It won't get rid of fanatics who use sin to commit evil acts.

I found it interesting. It's certainly takes the morality out of things.

[absinthe_eyed]

Religion is the framework that Western civilization was built on... sin was the fear keeping people--sane people--in place. Ideally, I think, we would be better off without religion and sin and ideas of eternal torment, but it does work.

Or at least reminds us that morals are largely matters of convention.