Originally Posted by kerry edwards

Are Christians the only ones who believe in sin?

I think it might be more interesting to discuss the nature of sin. One of its interesting social features in my opinion, is the way in which the doctrine of sin undermines utopian visions of justice and equity. Certainly in its Augustinian version, it also stops deliberate efforts of social improvement by tagging on the idea of predestination. So sin seems to be in some serious tension with capitalism as well as socialism.