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Have I sinned
"Sins" are only valid in religions.
This word does not have any meaning to people who do not believe in religion. People who don't believe in religions can judge or be judged by what is acceptable or not acceptable by him or herself or by others.
So if you believe in religion, whether you are religious or not, you can be a sinner. And if you don't believe in religion, what you do may not be acceptable to others.
That's why if you sin, it may not be illegal or if you do what is not acceptable, you may be breaking the law.
I am probably misreading
I am probably misreading this, because I do not fully understand it (hence, I need an explication) nor am I seeing the poetry, so please help me out. As I say, I must be misreading---because all I get out of it is that a harmful or hateful action is called sinful in religion and unacceptable outside religion. So the point I seem to find---again assuming I am misreading---is that a harmful or hateful act can have two different designations, which are determined by the viewpoint, either religious or irreligious. I am sure I am missing something here, so please help me.
Starward
Thanks your comment. Yes you
Thanks your comment. Yes you are right, it is not surprising that people may not know what I am trying to say. It really is not philosophy, nor my judgment of what is sinful or hateful.
To me, poetry is just my expression of a feeling or state of mind and it can be sometimes not logical. I wrote this when I was thinking of an incident where a family was very upset with an incident and felt it was unlawful, but inreality legal. So, I just thought of the word SIN, and was thinking of the number of times that I sinned in the eyes of others.
Maybe still cannot explain to you. But thought I should reply anyway.
Thank you for the
Thank you for the explication, much appreciated. I think the Greek word Hamartia, explains better both the religious concept of sin, and the irreligious concept of an inappropriate act. Hamartia was apparently a literary term, referring to the tragic flaw of some characters on the Greek stage, especially those constructed by the three great Tragedians, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. If I recall my high school theological reading correctly, Saint Paul appropriated the term to give definition of sin or inappropriate actions to the early Christians. Also, they tell me that Hamartia means falling short of the mark, or expectation, which would fit the criteria of "sin" or "inappropriate behavior." Thanks again for the explication.
Starward