re: #193 sagehen

Maybe in some traditions.

In Judaism, sin is absolutely an offense against a person or persons. On the Day of Atonement, yes we pray and fast and ask God’s forgiveness for anything we’ve done or not done to piss him off, but we’re also required to apologize to any people we’ve hurt, by saying/doing things we shouldn’t’ve, or not saying/doing things we should’ve. We have apologize to them, for things we remember and things we don’t, ask for forgiveness, and if possible atone.

As another nonbeliever (Heinlein) said:

Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo. Oh, a sense of sin comes from violating the customs of your tribe. But breaking custom is not sin even when it feels so; sin is wronging another person.