tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179545922823777870.post3776934951729831229..comments2023-07-04T06:47:26.125-04:00Comments on Everything In The Medicine Cabinet Has Expired: Atheists Are Sinners TooSpencer Troxellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750605353914336538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8179545922823777870.post-43350342929638711932012-09-08T22:00:46.479-04:002012-09-08T22:00:46.479-04:00I couldn't disagree more. You do not have to ...I couldn't disagree more. You do not have to use the idea of sin to express deviating from good. It may be more useful elsewhere, but here, with our puritan baggage, sin is more than deviating from good. It is deep moral failing that is unrescuable without divine intervention. This is a dangerous and deadly concept. It has created much of the social service problems we have, because we believe that most people got where they are because of their own faults. The "worthy poor" never left our policies, even if it left our vernacular. I can't think of anyone who needs to abandon the concept of sin more than social workers--even a neat and sanitary idea of sin like the one you have outlined here as behaving uncharitably. It is an idea that continues to harm us, our clients, and our society.What Pale Blue Dot?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18389959936049538191noreply@blogger.com