SEVEN WAYS TO DENY THE REALITY OF SIN
REALITY OF SIN The very concept of sin presupposes seven other ideas that are historically derived from God’s revelation to Abraham and the three religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) that stem from that; seven ideas are denied by alternative religions and philosophies. 1) Atheism (“no-God”) denies that there is a God to sin against. 2) Polytheism (“many-gods”) denies that there is only one God, who is all-good and deserves to be obeyed. 3) Pantheism (“everything is God”) denies that God has a will that discriminates between good and evil. 4) Deism (a God, but an absent God) denies that God has intervened in history to make his will known by establishing a covenant and giving commandments 5) Skepticism denies that we can know God’s law, God’s will, or God’s character. 6) Determinism denies that we have free will and are therefore personally responsible for our good or evil choices . 7) And naive optimism denies tha...