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RE: Tired of Making Poor Decisions? A Framework For Decision Making to Create a Better life (Step 2: What Do We REALLY Need)
'Sin (archery): An act or state of missing the mark!'
My definition of a 'sin' is pulled from archery in which 'sin' is simply an act or state of missing the mark.
That's what the word amartia/αμαρτία (sin) means in Greek! The modern Greek has the meaning of 'sin', but the same word in ancient Greek meant missing your target. Here's a link if you wanna play Smartie Pants to your friends! :P
Awesome!! Thanks for the knowledge :) Does make you think about the orgins of sin, and how it has been so distorted.
This guy's name is an easy way to remember the words: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amartya_Sen
Don't know if his name was given to him on purpose! Initially I thought it was a pseudonym but apparently he was born with that name!