I ask this of Christians- and it is a sincere question- to you are Jews- and Muslims- sinners in your point of view?
Unlike Buddhists or other religions, Jews share the same Old Testament but reject Jesus Christ as their savior. Muslims also share the same Old Testament, and even believe Jesus to be a prophet, but also reject Jesus as their savior?
So does that make them sinners? Or to a Christian, are only Christians capable of being sinners?
Dear
Syriusly all people are imperfect, so we all are sinners, either deliberately faulty or commit faults by omission.
The best way I can explain how Jesus is perfect and the rest of us aren't,
is that we are BIASED. We are all CONDITIONED to favor some people or groups
over others.
If you consider a sinful condition to be a bias that makes us not treat each other "perfectly equally" well of course. We are not perfectly neutral or equal in treating all people with the same care and respect. And this explains how "Karma" creates conditions and biases, as another way of explaining "Sinful" conditions. Everyone is under the influence of "karma" or "sin" from the past that conditions how we act in the present and future.
if Muslims and Hindus have been at war in the past, or Whites and Blacks,
this passes down biases to future generations who don't see each other as equals.
You can call this conditioning "karma" or "sin" but it means the same process.
Today our political parties and media have biased people to perceive each other as unequal.
We don't respect the beliefs of opponents equally as our own beliefs we work harder to defend.
So we are biased, unequal in how we treat or respect others in comparison to ourselves
and those we know and trust, and not perfectly inclusive and equal which God represents
as loving and including all people as equal children in one family.
As long as we treat one person or one group differently than we would our own self, group or associates of our beliefs,
that is imperfect.
Thus we sin by not loving treating and respecting all people equally, the people we know and people we don't.
The people we like or not. The people we agree with or not.
Nobody does that!
Thus we are all biased, imperfect, and treat some people better than others.
We are human and we are going to have biases. We are NOT perfectly just and equal,
and Jesus represents perfect justice and treating all people with equal love and inclusion.
Maybe together we can include all people, but by ourselves, we are going to favor our own.
So it takes ALL groups working together to include and represent all people "equally",
since by themselves, each group leaves others out. it takes all groups together to be "universal."
