15 Biblical "Sins" You're Totally Free To Commit

[Jazzy]

The Bible often gets painted as a giant book of “thou shalt nots,” but the truth is, a lot of those supposed “sins” are based on misunderstandings, outdated context, or prioritizing rules over the heart of the message. Let’s clear some things up:

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Just for the record: This is just an article I found and was looking to see other peoples thoughts on it.

What are your thoughts?

 

[tango]

It's always a shame when people who claim that things are based on a misunderstanding (as the author does in point 13, rather predictably bringing up the whole LGBTQ issue) and they don't even attempt to explain why they thing it's a misunderstanding or what they think is a correct interpretation. All we have here is a bunch of assertions, mostly based on nothing more than the assertion itself, and therefore nothing to work with beyond people who would already agree or disagree with them anyway.

 

[Lamb]

The Bible often gets painted as a giant book of “thou shalt nots,” but the truth is, a lot of those supposed “sins” are based on misunderstandings, outdated context, or prioritizing rules over the heart of the message. Let’s clear some things up:

Click here or the 15 Biblical "Sins" You're Totally Free To Commit

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Just for the record: This is just an article I found and was looking to see other peoples thoughts on it.

What are your thoughts?

Some of those things aren't even sins...but the ones that were, it's as if the author was just looking for an excuse to commit his personal sin and perhaps others will join in agreement. God's 10 Commandments are holy and good and we SHOULD obey them, but we don't obey them in order to have salvation, that was earned by Jesus and given freely.

 

[tango]

On a somewhat related note it is curious to see the different ways people argue that some things that are clearly prohibited by the Bible still apply today while others don't.

Cherry-picking verses from Leviticus is always an interesting one, where people insist that the prohibition on "not lying with a man as one does with a woman" is still barred but marking your flesh is not (it's really fun when someone tries to use the "lie with a man" rule against lesbians, who aren't lying with a man in any capacity). Even when people look to the NT for confirmation it's interesting to see people will ignore Paul's commandment that a woman must not have spiritual authority over a man, or ignore the call to stay with a spouse come what may, and then carry on through the exact same letter as if every single word of it (except the bits they just disregarded, obviously) carried the full force of God's voice. If we're playing fast and loose with what Paul wrote, why not throw out the bits about homosexuals as well?

 

[Manonfire63]

The article was of the world, setting people up for failure.

Was someone a Christian? Yes or no? Yes. They should be working towards sanctification. The article was leading people away from Sanctification.

Christianity is black and white. It is pass fail. Someone is a go or a no go. They were in Darkness or The Light of the Lord. Some of the things in that list may not 100% be a sin for someone who was ignorant, in the dark. Some of the actions being promoted as "not a sin" may have been setting people up for failure with God, putting stumbling blocks or barriers before their faces, keeping them from Sanctification and God.

 

[Manonfire63]

I am not going through all 15 things in that list, but lets us start with #1, getting a tattoo.

“‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:28

In 1960, there was prayer in schools, and only Sailors and Prostitutes had tattoos. There was a Counter Culture influenced by Aleister Crowley and Karl Marx. Into the 1970's, that Counter Culture was mainstreamed into mainstream American and Western Culture. Mainstream American Culture is more Pagan today, than it is Christian. Someone participating in mainstream American Culture, they may have had the inclination to get a tattoo. What spirit was that? Spirits effect motivations. There may have been a spirit around the motivation to get a tattoo.

In the Old Testament, many of the pagan people's around Israel, they may have had tattoos. Many of these tattoos, they may have been due to pagan religion, and a form of sorcery.

Man is God's Glory, made in the image of God. What man does reflects. The spiritual is like a mirror. A pagan sorcerer, he may have had a lot of very particular tattoos. Given someone is a Christian or a Jew, their body is a temple. God is an artist. Why do you need to improve on yourself?

Given someone found God, and had a lot of tattoos, and started going through Sanctification, suddenly they may feel that they need to remove their tattoos. The motivation behind getting tattoos came from a Spirit "not God." It is unholy. Is it a sin to get a tattoo? Given someone was ignorant, it may not 100% be a sin; however, tattoos may be a barrier towards coming closer to God.

 

[tango]

This is all well and good but why can't a tattoo indicate something of being drawn closer to God?

There are all sorts of "maybe" and "perhaps" and "this might happen". Every single one of them might have been the other way. A former sorceror with sorcery-inspired tattoos may desire to have them removed if they repent. Someone else might have selected a tattoo to indicate a particular moment in their Christian walk - maybe a baptism or similar. I know a young man who has a couple of Bible verses tattooed on his body. It's not something I personally have any desire to do but I'm not sure how any of your "maybe" situations describe him.

We can come up with vague concepts that "God is an artist" and we can't improve on his work. But by that argument we shouldn't have surgery to correct a condition because it implies we know better than God does.

Yes, there was a time when the only people who had tattoos were either military or criminals or other socially undesirable people. Those days are long gone.

 

[Lucian Hodoboc]

This is all well and good but why can't a tattoo indicate something of being drawn closer to God?

I'm sorry, I don't have a transcript. It's a 1-minute video made by an American ex-Hindu rapper who became an Evangelical Christian. He explains why Christians should not get tattoos, including tattoos of Christian symbols.

TikTok - Make Your Day

www.tiktok.com

 

[Manonfire63]

This is all well and good but why can't a tattoo indicate something of being drawn closer to God?

There are all sorts of "maybe" and "perhaps" and "this might happen". Every single one of them might have been the other way. A former sorceror with sorcery-inspired tattoos may desire to have them removed if they repent. Someone else might have selected a tattoo to indicate a particular moment in their Christian walk - maybe a baptism or similar. I know a young man who has a couple of Bible verses tattooed on his body. It's not something I personally have any desire to do but I'm not sure how any of your "maybe" situations describe him.

We can come up with vague concepts that "God is an artist" and we can't improve on his work. But by that argument we shouldn't have surgery to correct a condition because it implies we know better than God does.

Yes, there was a time when the only people who had tattoos were either military or criminals or other socially undesirable people. Those days are long gone.

Are you living in the Kingdom of God, with Kingdom values, or are you living in a Ezekiel 23 society, which has been drinking a harlot's wine?

When someone like Cardi B gets Song of the Year, and that is the culture we live in, there is something wrong. There had to be a falling away.

Spirits effect motivations. There is a Spirit in the motivation towards wanting to have a tattoo. Why does someone want one? All their friends had one? They want attention? Even if it was with Christian symbols, why are we doing that? To "one up" someone's non-believing friends?

Man is God's Glory, made in the image of God. What man does reflects. What is someone reflecting?

The Celts were a tribe that had tattoos. These tattoos had religious significance. One pagan tradition that carried over into Christian times was war paints in Scotland. Some Scottish tribes used blue woad paint like in the movie Braveheart. Given a man is going into battle, who or what does he put his faith in? His lucky charm? His tattoo or war paints like the American Indians? We don't need these things as Christians. Christians are to "Hold Tight to" God. We put our faith in God. God is jealous God.

 

[Manonfire63]

We can come up with vague concepts that "God is an artist" and we can't improve on his work. But by that argument we shouldn't have surgery to correct a condition because it implies we know better than God does.

Faith is a lot like childbirth.

Was someone a Freemason making weird oaths that he broke? He may have been going to Church every week, while serving something Satanic. He may have had a Generational Curse on him, and stumbling blocks, barriers, from growing more in faith.

One of the reasons people should Fear God is someone could get cursed generationally. Due to David's sin, for example, his house become out of order, and there was a rebellion. How do you want your kids to be?

Talking to a Christian man, who showed up to Church every Sunday, how is his family? Are there a lot of divorces, and weird things going on? Depression and people dying alone? Does he have a son to carry on his family name? This may be a sign of something.

 

[Manonfire63]

Generational Curses -

A lot of people have been taught to think in Atheistic Secular Humanism, and 1960's Counter Culture. The Counter Culture of the 1960's was a rebellion. A rebellion of wives from husbands. A rebellion of children from parents. A rebellion of men from God. The Counter Culture was influenced by Crowley and Marx. In the 1970's, it was mainstreamed into mainstream US Culture.

In 2025, given there was a draft, a family who had one child, and that child was male, that child would exempt from the draft. Why? That family, the dad, he only has one child to carry on his family name. Abraham is to have sons like stars in the sky. One way a man may have received honor has been through bearing children and having family. Given this idea seems foreign to someone, they may have been thinking more like an Atheistic Secular Humanist, who saw himself as an Atom unto himself, and didn't find worth in having family like Abraham, or a traditional or right minded Christian would. An Atheistic Secular Humanist may have been under a generation curse, and was spreading that curse to others.

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/religion/comments/5ozp12
Look at the flair of the people responding there. You may need to be in Old Reddit to see it. Many of the people responding are atheists.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, (Deuteronomy 5:9)

Given a man or woman was oppressing Christians what happened to his family? Could be a Roman Emperor like Nero. Lenin or Stalin? How many children did they have, and what happened with their families? Saint Patrick goes into Pagan Ireland, and he was working on proselytizing. He was said to have become frustrated with some tribal chiefs that were resisting him. He cursed them. Their sons came out gay. Today, people thinking in Atheistic Secular Humanism, and Counter Culture, they would wear that as a badge of pride?

Pick a famous atheist in 2024. How is his family doing?

 

[tango]

Are you living in the Kingdom of God, with Kingdom values, or are you living in a Ezekiel 23 society, which has been drinking a harlot's wine?

When someone like Cardi B gets Song of the Year, and that is the culture we live in, there is something wrong. There had to be a falling away.

Spirits effect motivations. There is a Spirit in the motivation towards wanting to have a tattoo. Why does someone want one? All their friends had one? They want attention? Even if it was with Christian symbols, why are we doing that? To "one up" someone's non-believing friends?

Man is God's Glory, made in the image of God. What man does reflects. What is someone reflecting?

The Celts were a tribe that had tattoos. These tattoos had religious significance. One pagan tradition that carried over into Christian times was war paints in Scotland. Some Scottish tribes used blue woad paint like in the movie Braveheart. Given a man is going into battle, who or what does he put his faith in? His lucky charm? His tattoo or war paints like the American Indians? We don't need these things as Christians. Christians are to "Hold Tight to" God. We put our faith in God. God is jealous God.

Here's a radical thought. You could try answering the question instead of throwing up a load of smoke.

Your argument boils down to little more than "Nazis ate food, therefore don't eat food or you're like the Nazis".

I'm sure people have tattoos for lots of different reasons. Personally I don't see the attraction but that doesn't mean nobody else gets to do it. Going into battle is irrelevant. What other pagan groups do is irrelevant.

 

[tango]

Faith is a lot like childbirth.

Was someone a Freemason making weird oaths that he broke? He may have been going to Church every week, while serving something Satanic. He may have had a Generational Curse on him, and stumbling blocks, barriers, from growing more in faith.

One of the reasons people should Fear God is someone could get cursed generationally. Due to David's sin, for example, his house become out of order, and there was a rebellion. How do you want your kids to be?

Talking to a Christian man, who showed up to Church every Sunday, how is his family? Are there a lot of divorces, and weird things going on? Depression and people dying alone? Does he have a son to carry on his family name? This may be a sign of something.

More smoke.

Sure, someone might have been physically attending church while serving something else. What's that got to do with anything. Dr Harold Shipman nominally practised medicine while systematically killing patients. That doesn't mean patients deserve to die, or that doctors are bad, or that hospitals are dangerous, or that surgical instruments are evil.

You've got lots of maybes, possiblys and could bes. Maybe, possible, shoulda coulda woulda been the other way as well, right? But hey, we can throw a few assumptions around if there's nothing else to back a point.

 

[tango]

I'm sorry, I don't have a transcript. It's a 1-minute video made by an American ex-Hindu rapper who became an Evangelical Christian. He explains why Christians should not get tattoos, including tattoos of Christian symbols.

TikTok - Make Your Day

www.tiktok.com

I'm sure you won't be surprised that I'm really not interested in TikTok. If it's only a minute and the point was worth making, do you care to summarize the point the video made?

 

[Manonfire63]

@tango

There wasn't a question to answer. I worked to further explain what I was relating. Now you are attacking me like an overly educated, immature child.

There is a spiritual understanding derived from the Bible. I was explaining something spiritually.

Personally I don't see the attraction but that doesn't mean nobody else gets to do it. Going into battle is irrelevant. What other pagan groups do is irrelevant.

That is childish thinking. It is not fair.......Let us work on being right with God. You don't have to be here. You don't have to be a Christian. A rejection of Righteousness is a rejection of God.

I will write that again. A rejection of Righteousness and Holiness is a rejection of God. Before, you were ignorant. You have been corrected. Take the correction.

Are you here to deceive, and to make people blind and deaf?

 

[Manonfire63]

More smoke.

Sure, someone might have been physically attending church while serving something else. What's that got to do with anything. Dr Harold Shipman nominally practised medicine while systematically killing patients. That doesn't mean patients deserve to die, or that doctors are bad, or that hospitals are dangerous, or that surgical instruments are evil.

You've got lots of maybes, possiblys and could bes. Maybe, possible, shoulda coulda woulda been the other way as well, right? But hey, we can throw a few assumptions around if there's nothing else to back a point.

I was writing about Generational Curses. Here you are with a particular fruit, not listening, being stubborn, with a chip on your shoulder.

Are you ok?

Someone around here used the moniker Origen. The Early Christian Origin believed that there were levels or layers towards understanding the Bible. The physical layer or flesh, the soul, and the spirit. This is sort of like Bloom's Taxonomy. There are layers to understanding.

I have been on the Spiritual Layer.

Would you like to understand more or would you like to continue fighting me?

Sure, someone might have been physically attending church while serving something else.

Something else. Like a demon. Like himself. Something other than God. Some people, they attent Church, but were serving something else, something other than God. They are liars and hypocrites. Your attitude and fruit replying to me makes me question you.

 

[Manonfire63]

Given someone is a new Christian, and they had tattoos, then they had tattoos. God is a forgiver, we are saved by the grace of God.

In process of sanctification, someone may suddenly be motivated to remove those tattoos. They chose God. They would like to be closer to God.

Should Christians get tattoos? No. Tattoos are a pagan thing, and work against The Holiness of God.

Jesus Christ chastises and rebukes those he loves. (Hebrews 12:6)(Revelations 3:19) To be chastised and rebuked, there was a standard. Were you aware of the standards, were you ignorant, or are you a knowledgeable deceiver working to put people into darkness?

Yes, there was a time when the only people who had tattoos were either military or criminals or other socially undesirable people. Those days are long gone.

In the US, people have worked to chip away at the standards, and make man blind and deaf. In 2024, a lot of people in mainstream America know how to think in Western Occultism better than they do Christianity. That was due to some Knowledgeable Deceivers, like Crowley, who you mention in your signature @tango. Many Christians may have become ignorant of the standards. They have not been living in Christian communities, in Christian society. Public School has become toxic for Christianity. What are you defending "Those Days are Gone?"

I work to build The Kingdom of God. The Kingdom of God is the future. You appear to be on the wrong side of history.

 

[tango]

@tango

There wasn't a question to answer. I worked to further explain what I was relating. Now you are attacking me like an overly educated, immature child.

There is a spiritual understanding derived from the Bible. I was explaining something spiritually.



That is childish thinking. It is not fair.......Let us work on being right with God. You don't have to be here. You don't have to be a Christian. A rejection of Righteousness is a rejection of God.

I will write that again. A rejection of Righteousness and Holiness is a rejection of God. Before, you were ignorant. You have been corrected. Take the correction.

Are you here to deceive, and to make people blind and deaf?

More smoke. I guess that's all I'm going to get here.

 

[tango]

I was writing about Generational Curses. Here you are with a particular fruit, not listening, being stubborn, with a chip on your shoulder.

Are you ok?

Someone around here used the moniker Origen. The Early Christian Origin believed that there were levels or layers towards understanding the Bible. The physical layer or flesh, the soul, and the spirit. This is sort of like Bloom's Taxonomy. There are layers to understanding.

I have been on the Spiritual Layer.

Would you like to understand more or would you like to continue fighting me?




Something else. Like a demon. Like himself. Something other than God. Some people, they attent Church, but were serving something else, something other than God. They are liars and hypocrites. Your attitude and fruit replying to me makes me question you.

... and still more smoke.

 

[Manonfire63]

... and still more smoke.

Smoke?

You are refusing to read.

God has definitions of Holiness. Man is God's Glory, made in the image of God. What man does reflects. The Spiritual is like a mirror. What are you reflecting?

In 2015, ISIS turned some Churches into torture chambers in Syria. They were reflecting something. Hell on Earth can be a thing.

Given people would like the good things of God, and blessings, they listen. (Isaiah 45:7) They follow directions.

This is easy theology.