The net volume of sin in the world doesn't matter one whit. The angels don't celebrate over one sinner eschewing one sin or one million of 'em -- they celebrate when a lost soul repents. Making sin illegal, even if that were to decrease the amount of sin in the world, means nothing. There is no virtue in forced sinlessness
Exactly. Creating law that outlaws sin (even though I would be hardpressed to find in the bible where smoking pot is a sin) is a removal of freewill. Freely choosing not to sin is the only way not to sin. (that, I imagine, is why some thoughts are sins).
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Actually D'Neesh D'souza (sp?) made that very point in regards to arguments with muslims about their society being more virtuous than ours.
Freedom to sin is a virtue. If you want to sin, but you aren't allowed to, or have no access to your sin, that doesn't make you virtuous. If you wanted to commit adultery every single day, and would have, given the opportunity, but you weren't able to do so, are you a better person than somebody who strayed once, given dozens of opportunities?
Reminds me of why I think there should be no good time behaviour sentence reductions for pedophiles in jail. Letting them out years early because they behaved is ludicrous. Well gee, there weren't 5 year old boys in jail, of course they behaved.