Can an animal sin?

my country is so cold that all pets die except polar bears.

 

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Um, Star_kindler...
1.) I dont accept any notion of a God. So i can do things that are morally wrong but it wont be a sin. 'Sin' is a theological concept. (See my earlier post)
2.) Animals have no notion of any God so they cannot sin either.
3.) If there is no God (and there isnt) religious people can still sin because they made it up themselves.

 

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What does this have to do with anything ?

 

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1) I'm saying that IF there is a God, (ie, you're wrong), then yes, you can sin, whether you believe in him or not, because this God would have created a moral code by which to judge all, NOT just his followers.

2) I was pointing out what Hindus believed, not what I believed.

3) Of course they can, but their sins would mean very little in the long run.

 

Ok, agreed. You have clarified the points for me, thanks.

Only thing that remains is the quote below:

This only holds true if there IS a God.

 

Correct, of course. I had just noticed several people seeming to think that being an atheist in a theistic world (or a theist of a religion that doesn't worship the correct god), made them "immune" to sin, so I thought I'd remind them that in a theistic universe, everyone has to account for sin.

Sorry for the confusion.