if you draw a line in the sand, and you tell yourself not to cross it, but then you go ahead and cross it, there's nothing to take away the truth that you crossed the fking line!

same thing goes with anything else. If you do something your religion says your prohibited from doing, no matter how much you confess or you pray, there's nothing that is going to erase the truth that you broke the rules.

If I "sin" I know what I've done, and I dont look at it in context to how my religion would judge me. Rather, i take the time to see what my actions say about ME the person, independent of my religion.

 

But it's not about crossing the line..it's about whats on one side of the line and whats on the other side of the line..... the line itself just seperates the two...once you cross it...you can't deny you crossed it..but there is always stepping back to the other side.

 

Sure that's correct. But at least the way I and the rest of the people in my religion go about it, we are able to ask forgiveness even if we have broken the rules. It's not like it's an automatic indulgence or something, because you can't be forgiven unless you forgive yourself (i.e. acknowledging what you did was wrong and moving on).

 

[Chris Rock] i really don't think my diet will come into question on Judgement Day [/Chris Rock] :chuckles: