Dear J.
Thank you for your clear and simple reply.
The good news is, everyone in the world (including myself) thinks that what he believes has to be true, in a way or another. In other words, each of us is pre-programmed to find out the subset of all rules of existence that are related to his own being. So it is always possible for one to reach, in his knowledge, his relative/subjective perfection (not the absolute perfection as being all-knowing). Because knowing/studying anything beyond this truth subset would be redundant for his actual needs but, on the other hand, it doesn't harm to think more than necessary as a pleasant way (mainly for thinkers) to pass one's birth-death time.
It will be always my pleasure to hear from you what you have found out as your subset truth while discovering yourself and the existence you were/are forced to be in (as it is my case too
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Sin=anything that offends or any religious offense
Sure, sin is anything that offends ... But the crucial question is... that offends WHO?... I mean... against WHO?
Any idea?
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Pray=to speak to a deity to request a particular future outcome, or just make conversation with diety
This is what formal believers in a diety are requested to do... But the crucial question is... What is the difference between praying in public and in private? Do they have the same effects on the praying person?
Also, may we consider a private meditation as a sort of a deep prayer in which the inner feeling is much more important than any words.
Even an Atheist likely feels sometimes the need to be alone just with himself and in his mind whatever/whoever he likes to be.
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Death=cessation of biological existence as opposed to cessation of existence of consciousness
Not bad. But here, the crucial question is... How to define one's consciousness and if it exists for someone how he can be sure that it is a standalone being in him while it is also related to his body (while alive).
Of course, I will give you my own answers next time... but I am curious to know first your personal opinion/views if this is not inconvenient to you.
Kerim