If you don’t understand your sin...
Been there, walked down that isle, discovered it was all in my head. .
I am a sinner, and I truly wish there was a savior ….(RE: sin?) it was all in my head. Perhaps its this medium of communication that does not allow for subtleties of inflection or you managed two totally contradictory statements with only two sentences between. Contradiction implies some struggling on your part, a spiritual tweaking of sorts. Your not even close to being as jaded about Christians as others I have know that have been brought to faith. In fact the apostle Paul had even worse views of Christians and acted on those views. But don’t take my word for it, you can see it for yourself. Saul = Paul (Act 7:58, Act 8:1, Act 8:3, Act 9:1, Act 9:22….Hmm, now that Act 9:22 is some contradiction, something must of happened between Act 9:1 and Act 9:22) Perhaps your being dragged down the road of faith, it can be painful for the hard headed. It was for me, I was dragged to the faith kicking and screaming the whole way. narby, you are in my prayers.
Cheers
When all else fails, read the instructions (CCEL > Bibles and Commentaries)
I don't see any contradictions, unless you want to get into legalistic parsing where sin can't exist unless there is a God/savior, or some other misinterpretation. The bottom line, you get my point. God only exists in your head, and when you die, you're dead.
I was dragged to the faith kicking and screaming the whole way.
I was dragged kicking and screaming away from mine. I found I could no longer lie to myself. The truth is the truth.