Timeline for Word for knowing what to do and not doing it
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| Nov 25, 2019 at 17:15 | comment | added | rhetorician | @Barmar: You're probably right. We're all works under construction. As much as I hate to say it, guilt can sometimes be not only a good barometer for our personal failings but it can sometimes motivate us to make changes as we are ready, willing, and able to do so. At other times, guilt can be destructive, particularly when it is ignored and a self- and other-directed destructive behavior is repeated again and again. Of course, there is such a thing as false guilt, which can be debilitating in its own way. | |
| Nov 25, 2019 at 16:41 | comment | added | Barmar | There's such a wide spectrum of things we know we should do: paying taxes, obeying parents, eating well, exercising, showering regularly, brushing teeth. While failing some might be sins or on the slippery slope to it, I think most are just personal failings. | |
| Nov 24, 2019 at 20:26 | comment | added | rhetorician | @Barmar. That's exactly what I tried to say but evidently failed to do so. I must say, however, that failing to do what you know or think you should do (e.g., writing your own book report instead of hiring a ghost writer to do it for you) can become a slippery slope very quickly indeed. Small compromises can morph into big compromises, at least some of the time. Agreed? Don | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 19:29 | comment | added | Barmar | The sin is disobeying your parent, that's very different from the more general "not doing what you know you should". | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 18:01 | comment | added | rhetorician | @Barmar: No, most assuredly you will not go to hell for not brushing your teeth! Where sin enters the picture of your homey scenario is when not brushing your teeth constitutes a mini-rebellion against your mother, who told you to brush your teeth. That mini-rebellion against mom is a violation of the commandment to "honor your father and mother" (see Exodus 20:12). One way we honor our parents is to obey them. Furthermore, we would not pillory a parent who punished their child in some way for being disobedient. (I'm not talking here about corporal punishment--necessarily!) | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 17:55 | comment | added | rhetorician | @EdwinAshworth: Interestingly, in biblical Greek, to sin (<hamartia, < Greek ἁμαρτία, < ἁμαρτάνειν, hamartánein), to sin is to miss the mark, to fall short, to err. Yes, there are great sins, such as are abominations to God, and there are lesser sins. Roman Catholics differentiate between venial and mortal sins. In his teaching,Jesus exposed the wellspring of sins; namely, the heart and mind. Anger can lead to murder; lust in the heart can lead to adultery; and so on. Yes, sin is a hypernym for all sorts of "fallings short and missings of the mark." To err is human; to forgive, divine. | |
| Nov 23, 2019 at 0:57 | comment | added | Barmar | This seems a little harsh. I don't think I'm going to hell if I don't brush my teeth, even though I know I'm supposed to do it. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 16:04 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | This is a hypernym. There are also sins of commission and sins of ignorance. | |
| Nov 22, 2019 at 4:56 | history | answered | rhetorician | CC BY-SA 4.0 |