At the risk of sounding profoundly simplistic and overly black and white in my faith I have decided to post a little list of sins, and if there is a hell, people who commit these without repentance, apology, or reconciliation get a special place in it.
This is prompted by the fact that a jury just found the woman who drunk drove and killed our friend Justin Sharp "not guilty of all charges." She made an illegal U turn on a highway and Justin was simply unable to avoid colliding with her car. Because if justice cannot be found in this world, it must be found in the next.
This list is in no particular order.
1) Inconsideration of other people. So that means people who talk during movies - yes, because you talk without thinking about the people around you. It also includes people who don't use their turn signal, talk on cell-phones while driving, text while driving, don't clean up their messes.
2) Disregarding the feelings of others. This is a corollary to the above.
3) Hate - of homosexuals, of fat people, of people who are different because it makes you uncomfortable, of anyone at all
4) Greed - for candy, for money
5) Lust - because a thousand nights with a thousand different women in a thousand different positions will never make you happy
6) Irresponsibility - that is, being reckless, doing things without using common sense, being flippant, or neglecting your obligations and your commitments (that includes divorce because you married for the wrong reasons or just don't want to work at your relationship)
7) Being a defense attorney - they're actually evil.
8) Being a part of an insurance company that swindles people - because pretty much, they all do.
9) Being a loan officer. Sorry guys, but basically you're swindling people too if you're collecting interest. This is an old stand-by sin too.
10) Killing someone.
11) Killing someone without apologizing.
12) Being a part of a jury who denies justice from being done.
13) Male chauvinists - this goes along with the hate thing.
14) Sexual Assault and/or Rape - beyond a doubt one of the most terrible (and common) things a person can do to another person where the victim remains alive.
15) Abuse - it doesn't matter what kind.
16) Lying to the detriment of others. Because really, honesty is the best policy for the community, and for your relationships. If you can't tell the truth, don't say anything at all.
17) Telling hurtful jokes - it's only funny if everyone is laughing.
18) Making assumptions. JUST ASK a person what's going on before acting on it. By robbing a person of choice you can cause suffering - and it's intentional while done without thought or care.
19) Being excessively rich when there are people dying from preventable diseases, war, hunger, and thirst.
20) Purposefully hurting someone, and/or delighting in it.
21) Watching someone be hurt and not doing anything about it.
22) Being violent - it's not okay. It's a vehicle for hurt.
23) Defiling your body. What does that mean? Your body really is a temple. Why would you alter your brain to something unrecognizable by ingesting chemicals? Why would you try to escape yourself so much? How could you hate yourself so much to destroy one of God's beautiful creations?
24) Polluting the environment - that includes but is not limited to using disposable paper products when it is avoidable, eating food that was mass produced and shipped to you from a far off place, littering, participating in a process that puts smog in the air, not making use of green technology as it is available and accessible to you, using excessive amounts of energy.
25) Refusing to help people when they need it and you are able to give it.
That's the end of my little list. I can't think of anything else at the moment. I think it covers the major sins and the ones that are so prevalent in our society today. May God forgive those who recognize and feel the depth of the wrongs they commit. Those who do not truly understand, well... may the powers deal with you justly.
Amen.
6) Irresponsibility - that is, being reckless, doing things without using common sense, being flippant, or neglecting your obligations and your commitments (that includes divorce because you married for the wrong reasons or just don't want to work at your relationship)
7) Being a defense attorney - they're actually evil.
8) Being a part of an insurance company that swindles people - because pretty much, they all do.
9) Being a loan officer. Sorry guys, but basically you're swindling people too if you're collecting interest. This is an old stand-by sin too.
10) Killing someone.
11) Killing someone without apologizing.
12) Being a part of a jury who denies justice from being done.
13) Male chauvinists - this goes along with the hate thing.
14) Sexual Assault and/or Rape - beyond a doubt one of the most terrible (and common) things a person can do to another person where the victim remains alive.
15) Abuse - it doesn't matter what kind.
16) Lying to the detriment of others. Because really, honesty is the best policy for the community, and for your relationships. If you can't tell the truth, don't say anything at all.
17) Telling hurtful jokes - it's only funny if everyone is laughing.
18) Making assumptions. JUST ASK a person what's going on before acting on it. By robbing a person of choice you can cause suffering - and it's intentional while done without thought or care.
19) Being excessively rich when there are people dying from preventable diseases, war, hunger, and thirst.
20) Purposefully hurting someone, and/or delighting in it.
21) Watching someone be hurt and not doing anything about it.
22) Being violent - it's not okay. It's a vehicle for hurt.
23) Defiling your body. What does that mean? Your body really is a temple. Why would you alter your brain to something unrecognizable by ingesting chemicals? Why would you try to escape yourself so much? How could you hate yourself so much to destroy one of God's beautiful creations?
24) Polluting the environment - that includes but is not limited to using disposable paper products when it is avoidable, eating food that was mass produced and shipped to you from a far off place, littering, participating in a process that puts smog in the air, not making use of green technology as it is available and accessible to you, using excessive amounts of energy.
25) Refusing to help people when they need it and you are able to give it.
That's the end of my little list. I can't think of anything else at the moment. I think it covers the major sins and the ones that are so prevalent in our society today. May God forgive those who recognize and feel the depth of the wrongs they commit. Those who do not truly understand, well... may the powers deal with you justly.
Amen.
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