Here is an idea I am trying out.
Sin is the transgression of the law. Every sin, therefore, is reducible to the transgression of a law. Now, of course, we can reduce it to a lack of love, but I don't want to go that far just yet.
Take the sample case of gluttony. Of which of the 10 Commandments is it a violation? To put the same thing another way, what is gluttony? I think everyone would agree that if food is your god you are a gluttonous idolater. But is that the only way to commit gluttony? Is gluttony strictly a 1st commandment transgression? Or are we also gluttonous when we habitually eat not from necessity or hunger but simply from desire? And if so, which commandment are we violating?
Awaiting your responses.
Sin is the transgression of the law. Every sin, therefore, is reducible to the transgression of a law. Now, of course, we can reduce it to a lack of love, but I don't want to go that far just yet.
Take the sample case of gluttony. Of which of the 10 Commandments is it a violation? To put the same thing another way, what is gluttony? I think everyone would agree that if food is your god you are a gluttonous idolater. But is that the only way to commit gluttony? Is gluttony strictly a 1st commandment transgression? Or are we also gluttonous when we habitually eat not from necessity or hunger but simply from desire? And if so, which commandment are we violating?
Awaiting your responses.