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Sin is a thing that grapples us everyday. Some of the most common and notable sins include, lust, steeling, greed, pride, and murder. Which sin is the worst a person could commit?

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this is sort of a split concept.... every sin is bad and separates from God but I think there are sins that do more damage than others.

Take a white lie... this is done with the intent of not hurting someone's feelings at the expense of telling the truth. Not a big deal at the moment but could lead to more lying in the future.... but can also be fixed for the most part by telling the truth at a later date.

Take something like murder or adultery/fornication. These sins can't be undone or fixed. The damage is there and will never go away. You can still repent of these sins, but I think committing sins of this nature lessen your ability to feel the Spirit of God and if done enough times will deaden you to God's influence.

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Every sin is on the same level as another sin. No sin is worse than the next except blasphemy.

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I guess if your using the term "sin" then all sins are equally bad. But if we are just speaking in terms of how bad something is, then I would say Murder is about as bad as it gets. :X

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The bible is pretty clear that Blasphemy against the holy spirit is unforgivable. But you really can't measure sin against sin because it is all bad, and whether you killed someone or lied you deserve the exact same fate of someone like Hitler. But Blasphemy is unforgivable.

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That is an easy one, murder. Stealing is not the same as killing. The idea that they are both bad is equal but the sins themselves are not equal when it comes to what is worse then the other.

So if I lust for a candy bar that makes me = to a murderer?

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As humans, we like to measure our sins and say one is worse than the other, because we don't want to be "as bad" as someone else, when in reality we sin against an eternal being equally and either way we deserve eternal punishment. Lust for a candy bar? I highly doubt a candy bar would be the most important thing in someones life. Holding something in greater regards than God is sin.

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I think murder is the worst sin to commit. Killing someone is irreversible. I believe that holding someone higher to God isn't as bad since their thoughts of that could change in life.

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I agree with JigSaw. In my mind, all sins are not equal.
For me the worst sin is to kill someone(in my mind, that includes also commiting suicide, because you're killing someone, you ). Because life is like a gift from God, and nobody should harm it

I'm not claiming that my opinion is right or according to Bible, I just feel this way.

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well, I think I can clarify this to make things work for both sides....

I agree with Hoochman that sin is sin regardless of what it is and it separates us from God.

However, I think committing murder does something more severe to your soul/spirituality than same lying, or stealing. I think the road of repentence back from murder or adultery is a tougher one than from something like lying.

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The question here is what would god more likely forgive? Lying? Cheating? Stealing? or Murder? Murder is highest on the list of the absolute worst thing you could do.

I got a question though about sins... if say the president and media are lying to their country, or corporations are cheating business by outsourcing, or government and military stealing and killing others and your apart of either one of those things does that make you an accessory to those sins? I think many people are in that boat, they are accessories to sins.

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JigSaw : God will forgive all those sins. It is not the sin that determines the likelihood of forgiveness, but the sinner.

In answer to the question, you can still sin and not know it if I understand you right.

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All sins are equal in terms of God's eyes. They all separates us from God, and all of them are equally forgivable by God if one puts their trust in the savior, Jesus Christ.

"and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses." (Acts 13:39)

Only one sin is unforgivable, and that is the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which is saying that Jesus did His miracles by the power of the devil. That is the same as continuous unbelief and trust towards Jesus.

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him” (John 3:36)

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play4fun : that scripture doesn't say all sins are equal.... just that you can be forgiven of all things.... sorry, but your interpretation just isn't there.

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geeogree : yeah, that verse only to support that all sins are forgivable if one puts their trust in the savior. I did not put scripture that all sins are equal.

I agree with both you and hoochman. Sin is sin, and the consequence eternally, according to the Bible, is death, no matter what it is. "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23) So if it is sin, God's wrath is still the same.

You also were right about that some sins may cause more damage in our lives, so the question is, does the person who started this thread want to know which sin is the worst in Man's eyes or God's eyes.

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okay.... it just looked like you were saying stuff, and then backing it up with scripture... and then saying some more and backing it up again and it didn't really match up well.

I would argue that God sees sin in a similar way that we do.... all sin is bad and avoiding sin should be our goal, but if we can't avoid all sins then I would think he would want us to avoid the most damaging ones if we could. In the end I think the expectation is avoidance of all sins but I can't imagine God being any less logical about sin than we are.

Although, the attitude of avoiding the "worst sins" but committing "small ones" is also a bad attitude to have. It ignores the idea that all sins are an affront to God.

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Concerning the equality of sins, there are degrees of severity, however, they all have equal penalty. But they are all equally forgivable except blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31-32). Those who continually reject the Holy Spirit's work portraying Christ as Savior are blaspheming the Holy Spirit. If God pardons our sins through faith in Christ, then to reject His pardon is unpardonable. Apart from this, I would say the worst sin is not a single act, but rather a lifestyle that's lived for yourself instead of for God.

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There's only one thing that can compare to murder, which is the worst sin...because of the fact that you can never correct this mistake....but something just as bad in my opinion is pediphilia. That is an extreme case of fornication and I feel that it is a form of murdering the spirit of the person. This is because this is something that has been proven to cause bad decisions later in life, often commiting other sins themselves. So they never get a chance to be good cause of someone else's actions.

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ignor this

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[edited because drag00n's post was not his]

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