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How to Justify Your Sin

With sin comes guilt. Guilt feels bad, and is therefore a hindrance to a healthy and productive social and psychological existence.

Here are some tips on how to justify your sin. These little self manipulating psychological guides should help you justify your sin and then move on with your life.

Steps

  1. The first step in justifying your sin is to define it. dictionary.com defines sin as:
    • A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
    • Theology.
    • Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
    • A condition of estrangement from God resulting from such disobedience.
    • Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong.
    • And naturally, the 7 deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Wrath, Greed, & Sloth.
  2. Now, consider that the concept of sin, as well as the concept of religion, is a social construct, and has no basis in reality beyond what you make of it.
  3. Next, remind yourself that morals are subject to perspective. Your so called “sin” is only a sin in the eyes of others, and not only do you not care what they think, but what they think in fact doesn’t matter.
  4. If you feel that you have sinned in your own eyes, then simply remind yourself that you are, despite all social influences, a biological being. All biological beings are flawed and subject to mistakes. You can not be held to the standards of perfection.
  5. If you still feel that you have sinned, remind yourself that right and wrong are subject to interpretation. Was what you did truly wrong, or is it that others would simply frown upon you? And remember, other peoples opinions don’t matter.
  6. Now, remind yourself of all the good you’ve done, and all the good you will do. Compared to that, doesn’t your sin seem less important?
  7. If still not justified, simply accept the evil of your sin and move on. Yes, it’s bad and you’re bad for doing it. That’s no reason to suffer. Accept that you have sinned, then go make a sandwich, from there continue going about your life in a normal manner.

Tips

Warnings

  • Justifying your sin only results in doing more of it. This will prove detrimental to your relationship with God when your soul is judged for eternity.
  • Justifying your sin only results in doing more of it. Despite your belief or non-belief in a higher power, consider the effect your sin has on others. The ability to distinguish between right and wrong and curb our baser instincts is what places us above mere animals.

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