Plain and simple, it is all a matter of sin. Someone either admits that they are a sinner, or they don’t.
I didn’t grow up in a Bible-believing Christian family, either. I’ve read enough in my life about other beliefs, including so-called “higher” ones.
If you don’t believe in sin, then why do you have anger towards anyone, including on this thread?
Everyone has ‘sinned’, in both my and your interpretation.
If anything I’ve said has seemed ‘angry’, it’s because I don’t like seeing peoples’ feelings hurt, especially in a public forum. The sensibilities of some people here were offended by the OP which jumped all over David Bowie for his ‘sin’, before the man was even cold in his grave; and when they expressed that offense, they were basically called names.
I don’t mind ‘Bible Thumping’, if that’s someone’s thing - but I do mind, when the Bible is thumped over someone else’s head.
I think we’re finished here, now.
-JT