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All sins result in judgment and/or consequences, but the Bible does support the idea of different degrees of penalty. It would seem that murder or sins of sexual immorality would be the worst; but God doesn’t grade on a curve in terms of forgiveness, apart from the one that can't be forgiven.

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It is pointless to determine which sin is more damaging to someones life, it depends upon the person. God punishes sin all the same. God never says which is worse except blasphemy. He simply says we deserve everlasting punishment."for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," says Romans 3:23. Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord". The thing that makes sin equal is the fact that no matter what sin we commit it is still defiance against one of his commands.

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I tend to agree with the thinking that all sins are equall, except for blasephemy. Any sin is the equivalent of turning your back on God, your creator and savior, why you turned your back is not important, the fact that you did turn your back is.

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Hoochman makes valid points. In general though a lot of times when sin is mentioned or discussed, we tend to think of the things that we do wrong or in rebellion against God. But what about things that we don't do? James says in James 4:17 (KJV), "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin." He's telling us that sin is also not doing that which is right. It is a sin to lie; it can also be a sin to know the truth and not tell it. It is a sin to speak evil of someone; it is also a sin to avoid him or her when you know he or she needs your friendship. I'm not saying the lack of action is the worst sin, I just noticed that a lot of the responses provided were sins of commission rather than omission. Sins of omission are usually the ones we (including myself) tend to forget about.

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I have to think murder, suicide, sacrilege. Although, the idea that any sin is worse than the other seems absurd. If you say, stealing is worse than lying, and my friend steals and I lie, that does not make him a worse person than I, or me a better person than he.

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Well based on what I was taught and told...every sin is considered the same whether it be stealing a toothbrush from a store to committing a mass murder. All are looked at as equally sinful....there is no greater sin than the other.

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well, based on what I understand about Christianity (at least the way many people in here seem to describe it) there really is only 1 sin.

That one sin is not accepting Jesus as your savior. Nothing else matters if you don't do that. But if you accept Jesus then none of the other sins seem to matter. That's how it sounds to me at least.

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Nailing someone elses wife.

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Well, we are all born with sin, and therefore sin is something we can't escape. It has been said that all sins are equal to each other; I believe in that. Therefore, we have technically all murdered and stolen and everything. However, if someone kills someone else, or something to that effect, our society has grown around that being worse then, say, watching porn.

Golvellius : I really don't get your response. The question was about sins being worse then others; your post really doesn't have anything to do with that, to be honest. I'm not gonna get mad now, as I'm not really that kind of person, but I thought I oughta let you know that posts like that are looked down upon.

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the_casualty : the question was actually what is the worst sin, so he was answering it...although I don't really like the way it is displayed.

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Very sensitive people indeed. Hmm...Look down upon it, I meant no harm. It was the first thought that came to mind...People are being tortured and mutilated everyday around the globe by evil people and some people are so sensitive/bothered on how a sentence is written..? Get outside and travel a bit more. Wow, random,I wasn't expecting that. Anyway moving on.

How's this one then.From what I've read today is that there is only one Unforgivable Sin and that is to Deny the Holy Spirit. Any thoughts on what people think about this. I'm sure there will be bucket loads.

Is this a more fitting contribution for the topic at hand ?

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Golvellius : Some sins are definitely worse than others if there is a scale to judge them by. However, my perspective is that there's not a sin that's too "small" that doesn't deserve consequence, or a sin that's too "big" that can't be forgiven.

The idea of denying the Holy Spirit as the worst sin is this -- the Holy Spirit convicts everyone of their sins and leads them to Christ to receive the remission that comes through Him. As such, to never receive Christ's pardon is consequently unpardonable.

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I am currently doing this topic at school in my religious knowledge class.

My teacher, who is also a priest, told us that there are some sins which are worse than others like blasphemy and murdering unborn babies.
To help us understand, he told us that the sin of murdering a 60 year old man is different than killing a 40 year old man which is also different than killing a boy which is different than killing an unborn baby. Killing an unborn baby is the worst since the baby cannot protect itself while a man can.
Also the penitence for committing the worst sins, which are about 7 like blasphemy & killing unborn babies which I mentioned above, can be really harsh.

I think this is the gist of my 2 lectures I had this past week.

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I think there are a few that are on equal levels.

Let's think back to the original 7 sins:
Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, & pride

Lust is linked to extravagance (wanting to live in luxury, always get what you want and have your way. AKA living like a prince/ss)

Gluttony can be:
- eating too soon.
- eating too expensively.
- eating too much.
- eating too eagerly (burningly).
- eating too daintily (keenly).
- eating wildly (boringly).

Sloth will link to acedia (not taking care of things that should be done) and dispair.

Pride relates to vainglory (unjustified boasting)

Although out of all of these, what I think is the worst is Lust & Pride, one can be caused by the other.

Both will lead you to be envied by others. And this is where we get a chain reaction in the sins we commit.

Lusting after something or being extravagant and having all your nice things will lead you to become proud. By being proud you'll want to show off. You WANT to be envied.

Although I can't say I've never sinned, I have, these are just the worst that can be done.

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tRIUNE :

(Matthew 12:31-32) - "Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come."

(Mark 3:29) - "but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin.

This is why i thought that Blasphemy against the Holy spirit is the worst Sin. It's the only unforgivable sin.

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For without lust, mankind will not reproduce and create a new generation. So I wouldn't say lust is the worst sin to commit!

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ShayneSL : While lust may not be the worst sin to commit , God's intention of procreation has never been to be from lust . Lust = coveting something, or greedy expectations for something, that's different from reproduction within a marriage. Also, you don't need to lust for someone in order to be attracted to them.

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There are so many sins but I'll just focus on the 7 MAIN sins.

Lust, greed, pride, wrath, sloth, gluttony, and envy.

I think these sins overlap. For instance isn't lust and greed almost the same thing? And this leads to envy and pride. I personally think greed is the worst sin out of the 7 main sins because if you want something this starts envy, and possibly gluttony (if you are talking about food). Gluttony is the least worst sin, I believe since you do no harm to others.

If we were talking about all sins, I believe murder truly is the worst sin. Taking another's life is a truly horrible and terrible thing to do. Even if you have a motive, the motive is never enough reason to kill someone.

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Of the seven deadly sins, I have to say that the worst is gluttony. Thinking about food all the time, and only thinking about food completely draws you completely away from god.

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