# Some questions for christians

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 4, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573 "2003-01-04T06:07:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573/21 "2003-01-06T01:16:41Z")

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—God is Love, therefore failing to love is a deliberate sin?!?—

If failing to love perfectly is what sin is, then sure, why not, whether you put that in a religious context or not?

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573/22 "2003-01-06T01:29:13Z")

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Don’tcha just love [sic] how easy it is to come forward and say, “ **This** is what love is:”? Hardly anyone’ll argue with you.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573/23 "2003-01-06T11:12:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \*  
> \*\ ***Libertarian** , you surely are not contending that when people “sin” they are purposefully intending to turn away from or spurn God? This may be how _you_ feel when you break one of the religious rules that count as sins in your understanding of the Bible, but I doubt that very many people put that much conscious thought into it. I still contend it is possible for religious people to sin without the thought of spurning God entering their minds. \*\*

Pretty much what Apos has said. But I would clarify that God has given only one rule:

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” — Jesus (Matthew 5:48)

That is the Christian moral imperative.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573/24 "2003-01-07T00:26:52Z")

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No, that is the one rule in the Bible that _you_ wish to believe is the most important one. Even if you turn out to be right in that aspect, you are easily proven wrong, by the most cursory scanning of the Bible, in your belief that it is the only rule.

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**Author:** ![Edlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Edlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edlyn)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-for-christians/146573/25 "2003-01-07T02:59:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by High Deity \*  
> **1) Given Genisis 1:1, it is assumed that that point is the “start”. 7-day creation arguements aside, when did God create the angels? Did God create the angels? When did Lucifer fall from heaven?**

Perhaps some of the _Dead Sea Scrolls_ will shed some light on this. You might find [Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation](http://www.centuryone.com/9201-4.html#TOC) an interesting read. I plan to read it myself.

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