1. Sin originates from selfishness and occurs when we fail to love others by only thinking of ourselves. 2. There are two erroneous notions of sin - downplaying its existence and gravity, and overstressing it to the point of losing hope. Original sin refers to both the sinful act of Adam and Eve and the sinful condition it left humanity in, known as "concupiscence" within and "sin of the world" socially. 3. There are three basic groups of sin - lust of the flesh (gluttony, lust, sloth), lust of the eyes (greed), and pride of life (pride, envy, anger). Capital sins exemplify these

1. Struggling with Moral Evil:
SIN

2. SIN has an “I” in the
middle (Menninger, 1973).
Sins are the occasions when we fail to love others because we think only of
ourselves.
Our “pagkamakasarili” touches us on both personal level – when we are
tempted to act selfishly, and on the social level – when individualistic
attitudes and acts in society influence our own actions.

3. When do we commit SIN?
When we forget that we are persons-in-community
who can hurt others and ourselves
By being self-centered, we ultimately deceive
and destroy our very selves. (CFC 762)

4. Two Erroneous Notion of Sin
1. Downplaying the Existence and Gravity of Sin
 A simple common mistake
 A natural stage in our personal growth
 They tend to rationalize their actions and deny
their obligations to respect the freedom of others
 Set of thoughts that creates feelings of guilt.
An act is not evil if almost everybody is doing it.
By eliminating their guilt feelings, they
think they can eliminate sin.

5. Two Erroneous Notion of Sin
2. Overstressing the Existence of Sin
 losing hope in God’s power to save us from sin
Sin exists in the world not because of God but
because of our abuse of our freedom when we
choose to do what is evil.
Sometimes people rationalize their actions by
claiming that the power of sin and evil in the
world and within an individual is but an honest
judgment of reality.

6. Original Sin
• The story of Adam and Eve who disobeyed
God’s command
 Two ways of understanding Original Sin:
 The sinful act of our first parents
(originating sin)
 The consequences of this sinful act
(originated sin)

7.  The sinful act of our first parents (originating sin)
• The first sinful act of our biblical first parents, the sin that
started it all, as it were, is the first meaning of original sin.
• The state of sinfulness because the first members of the
human race abused their freedom and chose to reject
God’s friendship, desiring to “be like God”
It was a personal sin that our first parents committed against
God. As such, we cannot be held responsible for it.

8.  The consequences of this sinful act (originated sin)
•“kasalanang mana”
•This implies that we do inherit a state of
sinfulness because of the sin of our first
parents.
•The effects of the first sin – the condition of
sinfulness that we experience both within us and
in society.
Includes the reality of “concupiscence” and the
“sin of the world”.

9. Concupiscence
•Our inner attraction to sin.
Because of our concupiscence, we are
often attracted to things and acts that
run counter to our call to truly love God
and others.
Since “concupiscence” is not a free moral act but an inner
attraction to act in a sinful way, it is not a sin in itself.

10. Sin of the World
the experience of sinful condition not only within
ourselves but also in our total human condition
 the disturbance of inner dispositions of all
individuals, affecting all levels of human relationships.
These sinful situations, oppressive structures, suffering, and
violence continue to become for us powerful obstacles in
doing what is good.

11. Original Sin
The sinful act of our first parents
Described in Gn 3: 1 – 7
(originating sin)
The sinful condition resulting from it
(Kasalanang mana) that we
experience
(originated sin)
Within ourselves
(Concupiscence)
In the world
(Sin of the world)

12. results when we give in to our self-
centered tendencies and freely choose to
do what we know is morally evil
 an abuse of our individual free choice
any situation or structure that causes
or supports evil
 can marginalize or alienate particular
groups

13. Three Basic groups of Sin
Lust of “Flesh”
 physical wants
o Gluttony
oLust
oSloth
Lust of the “Eyes”
oGreed
Pride of Life
oPride
oEnvy
oAnger
CAPITAL SINS

14. Lust of the “flesh”
Gluttony
 excessive indulgence in food or drink
 when we always want to have
things exactly our own way
 a needy person who always wants
to be the center of attention
Lust
 disordered desire for or inordinate
enjoyment of sexual pleasure
 is not just about sexuality
 denies our spiritual nature and makes
us slaves to our physical attachments
Sloth
 laziness and escape from exerting due effort
 it means not making it a priority to do what we should,
or change what we should in ourselves.

15. Lust of the “eyes”
Greed/ Covetousness
 desiring what belongs to others, which
leads to dishonesty, stealing, and injustice
 Greed for Power
 Greed for Fear
Greed of Acquisition and
Enslavement

16. Pride of life
Pride
 exalting oneself beyond what is due and true
 thinking of yourself as being better
than everybody else
 being a “perfectionist”
Envy
 begrudging others their talents or
success and wishing them evil
 “loves” what other people
possess, rather than what is
good, beautiful and true
 it takes away gratitude.
 envious people close
themselves off to the grace
of God
Anger/wrath
 destructive aggressiveness
 we hurt other people with
words without even realizing it
immediately