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But you would admit some sins are more serious than others. (e.g., A white lie verses murder?)
Mortal means deadly. It's simply another word for it. Venial means minor. All throughout the old testament there are sacrifices to atone for minor sins, also known as sins of ignorance.
What precisely is "it"? Please be exact. I prefer to debate with people who can.
Interestingly however, while King David, who was guilty of committing three intentional ("mortal") sins (covetousness, adultery and 1st degree murder) was forgiven of all three by God on the one hand (his forgiveness being granted w/o a sacrifice of any kind, apparently), Adam and Eve (on the other hand) chose to take a bite out of an apple from a tree in their own garden (which would typically be described as being "venial", at worst) and caused not only their own deaths (spiritual and then physical), but the eventual deaths of the entirety of their progeny (as well being the cause of decay and death entering into the whole of our realm).
Not according to the bible:
Can you quote the verse? Do you know the difference between a noun, an adjective, and a preposition? I prefer to argue with people who do.
1Jo 5:16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do not say that he should pray about that.
That's pretty good and I put some weight to that but I need more precision. Can you parse the above English sentence? After that, please match the words' grammatical categories against the original Greek verse. If you can do it, you will see that they don't match.
Mortal sins are those which result in the death of the sinner. All have sinned ... all are subject to death.. What is sin? Transgression of the law.
Hello HTacianas, you said, "There was no sacrifice to atone for an intentional mortal sin. It required the death penalty:" I was attempting to point out that this was not always the case because, as the Bible tells us, God forgave King David of 3 sins that were all intentional (sins that the CC would surely refer to as "mortal").
