What is Sin?

Hi friends, you must be here to know what I have next running round in my mind. And here it is. I was wondering that what I should not do in order to keep away from lower levels of heaven (what we call as hell). I have read through scriptures, especially in bible, the Laws. These laws seem to be very difficult to follow even by the simplest man on the earth. To follow these laws we definitely need to be nuns and priests or sages. It is very difficult to maintain the law. Law in the Old Testament was easier as compared to the New Testament.

I do not know confirmedly, but laws of Quran is also strict and difficult to maintain by regular office going people and most others, but still some people are successful in keeping not entirely but part of their laws. Such as, going for “Namaaz” two to three times a day, if not all 5 times (appreciated!!). Incase of some Hindu readings, I came across not Laws but way of living what we shall do and what not. I guess Bhagavad Gita is about ‘liberty in the right manner’ than the laws. And this is perhaps the reason why many people are growing towards it as they cherish their liberty. Well my concern is to share my opinion about Sin.

What is Sin?

First of all let us clear the concept of sin. ”Sin is something wrong that we do in God’s sight”; this small description, perhaps, would be universally accepted (if not then share something about sin in contradiction to this).

So sin is something that God feels is wrong (according to what we believe yet). So, is killing a serial killer sin (Or that is a huge question)? Okay, is robbing from a robber sin? Well some people say; Yes that’s a sin. Because Killing is a sin and why we should rob the robber himself taking his money is also a sin. Now here is what I believe, what my source says and what actually makes sense. Sin and Crime are two different aspects altogether with some similar laws. For example killing may be a sin, but when we kill a serial killer who would further kill many others may not be a sine but a crime (Note: This does not mean you should keep finding such people and keep killing abode by government laws till you are on earth). Robbing a robber may not be a sin as what we take from him is not his hard earned. (Remember these are not widely accepted by people these examples are given to explain about difference between sin and crime and what actually a Sin could be.)

Some sects believe taking revenge is a sin. But tell me if you are cheated by your Girlfriend or Boyfriend and she/ he is on his way to cheat someone else this time and that turns up to be one of your friends. You decide to warn your friend about it, with slight feeling of revenge. Is it a sin? For me its not; in fact it is something good as you are saving your friend, if not materially then at least emotionally. So these things do not seem to be sin for me.

What is Crime?

Obviously I cannot tell you here. Read Government Laws of your respective countries (if you can bear that torture).

What is SIN actually?

Sin is something that may hurt someone emotionally. Sin is something that spoils someone efforts. Sin may be ragging someone otiosely. Sin is killing a person who has done no harm to you. Sin is hurting your parents and other family elders emotionally to certain extent and physically for sure. Sin is killing yourself before accomplishing your purpose on earth and before your set time. Sin is not taking care of yourself by not exercising, eating too less or too much, sleeping too less or too much. Smoking and alcoholism may be sin (as these are slow way of suicide). You will come to know what exactly sin is, if you merge your mind and heart. “Think from your heart and feel from your brain”.

Do Not Believe in Other Gods

? Ohh!! Give me a break.

(Never read such things in Hindu books so please if you have any let me know, will surely add, but for now read on) Christians as well as Muslims would say Believing in other Gods is Sin. Is it? Other Gods? What other Gods? If you say there is only one God how can you contradict your own statements? Why would God be jealous for other Gods if they don’t exist? God is of human nature, with jealousy and anger? I have said it before and saying it again, “All scriptures available just restrict our thinking about God”. He cannot be jealous He cannot be angry for something that is not there. If you say about various Gods in Hinduism and other religion, then they are demigods and there is one God. Jesus prayed to a higher entity that is the actual God and Jesus is a Demigod, still looking after his people and others who call for him. Buddha is a demigod who excelled his consciousness on this earth and went to a higher place in heavens.

Link between Quran, Bible and Bhagavad Gita:

Let us link the three widely read scriptures, Holy Bhagavad- Gita, Holy Bible and Holy Quran. The biggest similarity in all is the concept of God. All these books teach us there is only One God. These books have their own laws and teachings, but the concept of God remains the same. Why? Because the root of all is same, one gave birth to the other. So why should we argue that My God is true and yours is false. Why? Remember there is only One and rest are demigods.

How should we pray to God?

Praying to demigods is not Sin but may bring you pleasure and happiness which limits to the earth or other levels of heaven. But only by praying to God you get eternal bliss. You don’t need to know that name of God he is just one and if you pray to him directly without bringing anyone else in your mind, He knows you are praying to Him. Obviously he is that able. He does not consider it as Sin if you pray to demigods, but he prefers and it is beneficial for you if you pray to him directly. (Remember you don't need to know his name, just look up towards the sky and talk to the One, your friend, your father, your mother, your guardian your everything, He is the One).

So you need to decide what is Sin but try not to do crime, because even if God decide to forgive your sins, our worldly stupid government will not forgive your crimes. Gosh government is more difficult to deal with than God.

God Bless You All and Keep Coming

Demigods Exists

Existence of Demigods

Do you think existence of demigods is true? No? Why not? If the great God can allow spirits to take a human form why can’t he have demigods to look after them? Yes, I believe that demigods exist. They are with great powers but lesser than that of God, in fact what we think as God or Gods power on earth are in fact all relate to demigod and God is even more mysterious and great. This would make your perception about God even more sophisticated and higher (words cannot describe).

Duty of Demigods:

Duty of demigods includes all that which we thought to be duty of God. Demigods work with us through our subconscious mind through which they listen to our needs and bad thoughts and allow us to do what we feel to do. The actions that we take are what they record and we are given place in the spiritual world accordingly. And I think though these demigods are powerful they are not flawless as God, hence perhaps slight mistakes on earth is due to these demigods.

What I Think of great Buddha, Christ, Krishna, Sai- baba and Prophet Mohammad?

I don’t want to be offensive to anyone who follows any one amongst great Buddha, Christ, Krishna, Sai- baba and Prophet Mohammad. In fact I personally respect all of them but do not worship them as Gods. For me these were great demigods who came on this earth to make us live morally. Tell me if any of these were God themselves, then why they were dedicated to some superior God. On this Christians would say that Jesus hinted in many ways that he is God. But I would say that he clearly mentioned to pray to Father in His name why he dint say “Pray to Me”? He definitely has someone superior to him, the God.

One low- point about Christianity is that there are lot of parables leading to need of interpretations which in turn paves way for wrong and new hypothesis every time. Muslims have some assertive sentences in their Holy Book but the fact that the Great and respectful Quran is derived from Bible itself makes it little inferior to Bible. Hindu scriptures, is perhaps what I personally feel to be little superior than the other two because it is said to be the oldest of all. Through my research, I also tried to understand which the oldest Holy Book is. I came across many declarations and as I surfed through vernacular journals and forums I found people advocating their own sect, some saying Islam to be oldest, some Bible to be oldest some claims Hinduism to be most ancient.

What I found is little more fascinating. Obviously, Bible and Quran are ancient, thousands of years old. Approximately 5000 years old is Bible and about 3000 years old is Quran (if I am wrong please correct me but with evidence. Even if the evidence is in the book itself I will accept it). But exceptionally, Hindu holy books seem to be oldest of all. I am of- course being neutral here, just trying to share what I found. Let us see how? We know that both Quran and Bible are discovered in written form and after carbon- copying the manuscript they found it to be thousands of years old. But what is stated about Hindu teaching is that these teaching where present millions of years ago, even when there were no source of written manuscript. Millions of concepts and theories were present and passed on to one another through mode of voice.

These teachings were remembered as they were spoken by ancestors. When the concept of writing was introduced and society felt the threat of losing the culture as million of lessons were getting reduced to thousands through generations and years, the society decided to write these concept down. This is why Hindus have got more books perhaps as compared to any other religion. This is the reason why I am slightly leaned towards Hinduism, but I have to ensure that I complete my research with a neutral mind, till I come to conclusion with evidences. But I am also afraid that we may not get any concrete and direct proof about God neither about good spirits perhaps, but we may expect to see some proofs about ghosts.

GOD Enters Into Neutral Mind

“We boast about our reach in science but we are restricted to a certain extent which is perhaps not even a pinch of what is there in outer world. They can know about DNA and miniscule biological substances but they cannot tell from where it came. But some experts are trying to find divine interventions and trying to understand how life is above what we see.”

I have written quite a few articles yet as I research through the journey of finding GOD. I was not able to upload anything here because through my research I went deep into many other things. But I understood one thing for sure that without evidence even the most impactful and true concept of GOD would be denied, perhaps even by me. Hence, in order to learn about the truth one should start with a neutral mind and mull deeply over explained theories which may prove to be true.

To start with let me inform you that my research has expanded a little but it cannot be called comprehensive. Will not talk much around the bush, but before I directly jump to the matter, it is crucial for me to explain you all about what I have learnt from my past experiences. I have completed my schooling from a catholic convent school, where I accepted and was taught wonderful teachings about Christianity. I accepted it without mulling over any aspect of it.

Then through the course of time, I joined various catholic churches such as protestant church, Sunday schools and recently World Mission Society Church of God. Most people today follow it and consider WMSCOG to be true church. I have confirmed proofs that this is just another church on the records which initially started in the name of Jesus but now claims to have another Christ or Holy Spirit. (I am not gonna waste space here by talking about WMSCOG. If you all want to know anything about it you can leave a comment).

Does God exist?
In recent times I have met, many people who do not believe in the existence of GOD. In fact I myself had a threatening feeling that what if there is no God? What will happen after we die, will this beautiful feeling of existence be there or just f*****g nothing. That is where my search for God actually started. I probed many people in understanding whether they have seen ghosts, I know this sounds stupid but the idea behind this is that if there are evidences of Ghosts then there is After Life and if there is After life there is God.

Think for yourself, what makes blood so influential to give us life, how the biology can be so intricately perfect. How does the body know where it should have lighter or lesser hair (eye lashes) and where it needs more hair (crown area perhaps to protect it from heat of the sun). Most people consider Stephen Hawkins to be one of the smartest persons on earth. I feel he is stupid (no offense) what he knows is just a set of worldly universal laws which are restricted. Perhaps he never tried to go beyond it. I say this because he stated that for him mind is a computer processor which goes dead into nothing in the end. But he forgets that just as computer process did not fall from the sky and was designed by a creator, similarly, human mind needs someone to make it function.

We boast about our reach in science but we are restricted to a certain extent which is perhaps not even a pinch of what is there in outer world. They can know about DNA and miniscule biological substances but they cannot tell from where it came. But some experts are trying to find divine interventions and trying to understand how life is above what we see.

While discussing things with an agnostic friend I was asked that if God exists then why there are imperfection in the world such as deformed children, untimely fluctuations in weather etc, if God is always perfect, and thanks to God I had the answer which I am going to discuss later. Why mistakes in the world if god rules it ?

But before thinking about anything else it's essential to think about yourself. Have you ever thought why you are in this world? If you ask to most teachers from different religion such as Christian (especially World Mission Society Church of God), Islamic sects, and some Hindus etc, about your existence of earth, they would say it is a punishment, it is a jail and you are serving the judgment of conviction. What? If this life is a jail then let me be here forever without end. How can they presume it’s a jail? What do we do everyday? Majority of us enjoy life apart from some poor people. In fact if you muse over poor people’s life, even they are not much concerned as they are habituated to their lifestyle and have lesser things to worry about. We do not regret being in this world or do we? mmHHmm most of us are happy and don’t want to die; so is this jail; not at all.

Why are you on this earth?
I (along with some others) think we are on this earth, not to serve our judgment of conviction but to appear for a test. Yes!! I believe this makes better sense than what others say. You must have seen the reality show Big Brother. As the one with most appropriate daily- living etiquettes wins the show, similarly you are judged on your deeds in this world.

The heaven is mysterious and I will discuss heaven later. But according to your deeds you will get your place in heaven. Because, if life is a jail, then obviously we have to get something good after death as we get freedom and happiness after being released from jail. This means that your deeds in the jail (life) does not matter as anyhow you will be released after a certain time (as you would have already served your sentence), isn’t it? So ask you teachers that if this is jail then why we are bothered about being moral, cause anyhow we are serving are punishment.

Mark 2:27" And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: "

MARK 2: 27:-

King James Bible (Perhaps the Oldest and most reliable version for me because there is a difference between archetype and replica’s)
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

New International Version ( In the year 1984)
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

New Living Translation (in the year 2007)
Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.

English Standard Version ( in the year 2001)And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

New American Standard Bible ( in the year 1995)
Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

International Standard Version ( in the year 2008)
Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath.

GOD'S WORD® Translation ( in the year 1995)
Then he added, "The day of worship was made for people, not people for the day of worship.

American King James Version
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

American Standard Version
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Darby Bible TranslationAnd he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

English Revised Version
And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:

Weymouth New Testament
And Jesus said to them: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath;

World English Bible
He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath'

Sabbath Day Truth- Have a Happy Sabbath day without hesitation

You must have read in my previous post about when actually should Sabbath day be celebrated and its importance in the Bible. But this post may somewhat contradict with my previous post on Holy Sabbath Day though not completely. Through the course of time people’s mind grow and it gains knowledge and ability to think out of the box (not with all). With the same ability let us see why Sabbath ‘may’ not be as important as it is mentioned.

(Note: I am just an ordinary human and not even a scholar of holy books such as Bible, but this is just what a man with mind to reason can bring up. It does not discriminate or compare other religions. This is not target on any other sect.)

Analyzing with keeping Go-d in mind:

We all know that God is an entity which is above all thing, living being or other entity. Yet there are some who “Doubt on the existence of God”. But here I will not talk about His, God’s, existence. However, keeping Him as we perceive let us decide why Sabbath day is not so essential.

· According to Bible, Sabbath Day should be kept Holy and for Rest, but people have decided as the only day to access or talk to God. Is it that God pays attention on earth only on the day of Sabbath and other day he is busy with something else? Off course not we can all him anytime we want.

· When we say we should be pray on Sabbath we just try to say that God’s power is restricted only to Sabbath day and other days God will not listen to us.

· Most people will say that it is an important assembly to remember God. Why? Do we need a particular day to remember God? Obviously it is anytime more blissful and blessed to pray (I prefer talking) to God every time. Some people also say that it is the gatherings that is more powerful and prays are heard due to the assembly. Remember that most chosen ones who had Holy Spirit were alone. Praying alone with flawless faith is as effective as any assembly.

· Way Sabbath is in 10 commandments and why it is not so essential now? Those who read Bible regularly must have noticed that there are several laws that were in Old Testament and are changed or replaced in the New Testament. For example based on God’s instruction (perhaps) Moses allowed divorce through certificate. But in New Testament Christ explained that divorce was made available to people because of their own stubbornness and Jesus did not allow divorce under certain circumstances. Same way, though God through Moses says that Sabbath Day is one of the mentioned commandments, Jesus based on God’s instructions preached that no day is important. This will be proved through bible itself in following text.

Romans 4: 5 – 10:- ⁵One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. ⁶ Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷ For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. ⁸ If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. ⁹ For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.¹⁰ You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister^[a]? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

The above verse, from the Bible itself explains that everyone is treated equally (perhaps based on their Faith and deeds). We are no one to decide who is doing right and who is wrong; this authority is with God alone. So even if some do not keep Sabbath day but is righteous is accepted by God. You may see Abraham story for some more information on this.

So ‘You’ and ‘I’ are not obligated to any particular day, in fact we should pray on all days and off course take rest on a day preferably every seventh day. Don’t look for what pleases you, avoid being rude and wrong on this, try to be peaceful and nice to everyone and have a happy Sabbath day. You know you kept Sabbath and God knows through you, this way you have kept the commandment as well.

To conclude the topic, here is a verse that says “Sabbath is for man and not man is for Sabbath”: these are numerous translations in different bible with same meaning:

MARK 2:27 :-

King James Bible (Perhaps the Oldest and most reliable version for me because there is a difference between archetype and replica’s)
"And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:"

New International Version (In the year 1984)
"Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath"."

New Living Translation (In the year 2007)
"Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath". (See here for Translation from other Bibles)