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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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In spite of Daly’s confusing play on words in Pure Lust,“be­ing <strong>is</strong> sinning,” she fails to address the true meaning of the wordsin. Though she advocates sinning as a woman’s way of being, sin,according to standard usage, implies a “transgression of the law ofGod” or “an offense against religious or moral law.” 82 The Biblestates, “Whosoever committeth sin transgreeth also the law: for sin <strong>is</strong>the transgression of the law.” 83 Our Creator establ<strong>is</strong>hed rules ofconduct. When we sin, we violate God’s law.Through etymology Daly obscures th<strong>is</strong> critical point. Onemust also question her philosophy. Is sinning considered a purelypersonal experience with no impact on the world we live in and, ifso, <strong>is</strong> that possible? If not, will our community norms and biblical82Merriam­Webster Online Dictionary, s.v. “Sin,” http://www.mw.com/cgi­bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=sin7x=21&y=17.831 John 3:4.67

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