# You get to commit one sin. Just one. What is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605 "2005-08-25T18:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/1 "2005-08-25T18:59:31Z")
(Mods, let me know if this is out of line?) So, you get to commit one sin or one crime. Just one, only one. You get completely moral, legal, religious, etc. freedom from any consequences (other than the ones you intended). What will it be? ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/2 "2005-08-25T19:01:56Z")
Would this be one that I haven’t yet committed? Do I get to choose a new one, or would I have to stick with the old ones? ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/3 "2005-08-25T19:02:30Z")
Adultery. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/4 "2005-08-25T19:03:36Z")
I’m all about coveting my neighbor’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/5 "2005-08-25T19:05:23Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > (Mods, let me know if this is out of line?) > > So, you get to commit one sin or one crime. Just one, only one. You get completely moral, legal, religious, etc. freedom from any consequences (other than the ones you intended). > > What will it be? Completely? Rob a bank. For lots of money…if there’s no consequences, the money will stand me in better stead than one night of sex ever will. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/6 "2005-08-25T19:05:28Z")
That’d be in the lust Bob. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/7 "2005-08-25T19:18:16Z")
Wait, whose standards of “sinning” are we using? If I’m going by my own personal standards, then sex and masturbation aren’t sins to begin with, so I don’t need to worry about them. In which case, I would choose to rob Haliburton blind.\* If we’re using the Catholic church’s standards, however, I might have to think about it more. \*On 2nd though, I’m not sure that’s a real sin, either. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/8 "2005-08-25T19:21:28Z")
Okay, in light of **Anaamika** ’s and **The Weird One** ’s wisdom, I too would be filthy stinking rich (via the Haliburton route). Heffner wouldn’t get all that bunny goodness if he lived in a trailer park. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/9 "2005-08-25T19:56:50Z")
Kill Osama Bin Laden. I’d never have to pay for a drink in a bar again. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/10 "2005-08-25T19:59:46Z")
Adultery with Johnny Depp. Over and over…for weeks maybe. And it could be anywhere…on a fire escape, in the back row of a movie house…doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/11 "2005-08-25T20:12:42Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Completely? > > Rob a bank. For lots of money…if there’s no consequences, the money will stand me in better stead than one night of sex ever will. Maybe. But look at it the other way. No matter how much money you had, you probably couldn’t buy a night of sex with _Pick Your Favorite Fantasy Star_. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/12 "2005-08-25T20:20:13Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Maybe. But look at it the other way. No matter how much money you had, you probably couldn’t buy a night of sex with _Pick Your Favorite Fantasy Star_. 'S true…but I’ll bet my fantasy is \*way \* better than what Pierce Brosnan actually is like in bed. Besides, with lots of money, I can pay someone to dress up in a suit and fake a British accent. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/13 "2005-08-25T20:24:33Z")
God I’m boring, I would just want lots of oral sex from my own wife. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/14 "2005-08-25T20:24:24Z")
Got I’m boring, I would just want lots of oral sex from my own wife. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/15 "2005-08-25T20:33:08Z")
This is the “sin” thread, not the “Dreams that will never be fulfilled” thread, **jrfranchi**. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/16 "2005-08-25T20:34:06Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > This is the “sin” thread, not the “Dreams that will never be fulfilled” thread, **jrfranchi**. 😉 Oops, I thought that by Christians standards I was asking for both. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Willie\_Shakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@Big\_Willie\_Shakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Willie_Shakes)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/17 "2005-08-25T20:34:33Z")
Murder. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/18 "2005-08-25T20:35:05Z")
I’d rig the PowerBall lottery to come up with my numbers, and no one else would have them. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/19 "2005-08-25T20:43:28Z")
I’d go with envy. Those people who have no moral constraints against feeling some of the less noble emotions? I’d _totally_ envy them. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605/20 "2005-08-25T21:14:59Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > 'S true…but I’ll bet my fantasy is \*way \* better than what Pierce Brosnan actually is like in bed. > > Besides, with lots of money, I can pay someone to dress up in a suit and fake a British accent. 🙂 Yes, yes, what she said. Only maybe Ewan McGregor instead of Pierce Brosnan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-commit-one-sin-just-one-what-is-it/318605.md?page=2)