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Originally Posted by WanderingKnight
Does not compute. The concept of sin is only valid if there's some sort of divine punishment to it (afterlife in Hell, that sort of stuff). Don't tell me you'd prefer punishing drinkers and smokers by means of the law? What is this, 2000 BC?
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sin
1 /sɪn/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sin] Show IPA Pronunciation
noun, verb, sinned, sin⋅ning.
–noun
1. transgression of divine law: the sin of Adam.
2. any act regarded as such a transgression, esp. a willful or deliberate violation of some religious ormoral principle.
3.
any reprehensible or regrettable action, behavior, lapse, etc.; great fault or offense: It's a sin to waste time.
(But that's just arguing semantics)
Also, we already punish drinkers of absinthe and smokers of marijuna by means of the law, so I don't see what's so odd about that.
Though just becase you believe something is morally wrong doesn't mean you automatically mean you believe it should be legally wrong. (for example, the many American Christians who consider it a sin to blaspheme the name of the lord, but obviously wouldn't suggest that become actual law.) Of course, my own moral beliefs shouldn't be the single determinant of the law.