Part of this topic sprung up from thinking about how people often say pride is the root of all sin, and then I thought that idolatry was the root of all pride, not vice versa. Pride is essentially the worship of the self, isn't it? However, you have a point. People often worship idols selfishly.
To ask for Bible verses on this one is to, in a sense, indict your own question my beloved Kurtzy. Could it be that the Bible is does not address this question?
Perhaps not. I think that a verse that says that anything not done from faith is sin gives me impetuous to conclude that unbelief might be the root of all sin...thoughts?
that's why i put a question mark. fyi. I'm pretty sure that some use the 10 commandments and say that the last eight flow out of breaking the one of the first two.
I've been thinking about the reasoning behind Eve eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and attempting to draw conclusions for this question from that decision. Is this a good base from which to start this type of inquiry? Can a conclusion on the root of all sin be based on the first sin?
Aaron, to your question about the basis of the conclusion to our question, I'd say that it can be based on the first sin, but it cannot be based solely on a single narrative about the first sin
Practical thoughts on Cohen's answer seem circular. Is unbelief rooted in pride or is pride rooted in unbelief?
Additionally, along with Co, I'd say that the answer isn't found explicitly in the good book, but it more likely answered based on our holistic knowledge of the revelation. Adam and Eve, Satan's Fall, Job, Noah, Abraham, David. Conglomerating all of these narratives I believe will give us the most accurate answer, but I don't believe even with them all considered we can boil it down to a simple "blank is the root of ALL sin" statement.
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Let me add to the fun...is pride the root of idolatry?
Part of this topic sprung up from thinking about how people often say pride is the root of all sin, and then I thought that idolatry was the root of all pride, not vice versa. Pride is essentially the worship of the self, isn't it? However, you have a point. People often worship idols selfishly.
Bible verses anyone?
To ask for Bible verses on this one is to, in a sense, indict your own question my beloved Kurtzy. Could it be that the Bible is does not address this question?
Perhaps not. I think that a verse that says that anything not done from faith is sin gives me impetuous to conclude that unbelief might be the root of all sin...thoughts?
that's why i put a question mark. fyi. I'm pretty sure that some use the 10 commandments and say that the last eight flow out of breaking the one of the first two.
but that is an argument/interpretation; not a plain verse stating my proposition.
I've been thinking about the reasoning behind Eve eating of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and attempting to draw conclusions for this question from that decision. Is this a good base from which to start this type of inquiry? Can a conclusion on the root of all sin be based on the first sin?
Aaron, to your question about the basis of the conclusion to our question, I'd say that it can be based on the first sin, but it cannot be based solely on a single narrative about the first sin
Practical thoughts on Cohen's answer seem circular. Is unbelief rooted in pride or is pride rooted in unbelief?
Additionally, along with Co, I'd say that the answer isn't found explicitly in the good book, but it more likely answered based on our holistic knowledge of the revelation. Adam and Eve, Satan's Fall, Job, Noah, Abraham, David. Conglomerating all of these narratives I believe will give us the most accurate answer, but I don't believe even with them all considered we can boil it down to a simple "blank is the root of ALL sin" statement.
Thoughts?
Piper's sermon from last weekend: This Week's Sermon
The Love of Human Praise as the Root of Unbelief
September 20, 2009 — What does Jesus see as the underlying problem when he indicts unbelievers?
Just thought it was funny, given the last couple of posts.
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