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Why Is It So Hard To Admit To Specific Sins?
We seem to be OK saying we are sinners, but we don't we admit to specific sins.
Is it as interesting to you as it is to me that we struggle to admit our sins? We seem to be OK with saying we are sinners, but we often do not admit that we have sinned in a specific way. We are reluctant, even if we get caught red-handed and especially if the sin is personally embarrassing or socially unacceptable.
A recent book by Todd D. Hunter, Our Favorite Sins: The Sins We Commit and How You Can Quit, precipitated a new Barna Group research project, “Temptations and America’s Favorite Sins.”
Those labeled as “old” temptations in the study are the kind of sins that we are accustomed to and therefore pretty much numb to: overeating (55 percent), overspending (44 percent), gossiping (26 percent), jealousy (24 percent), pornography (18 percent), lying or cheating (12 percent), abusing alcohol or drugs (11 percent) and sexual impropriety (9 percent). The percentages in brackets indicate the number of us who will admit to struggling with that sin.
Does it look to you like the more serious the sin in the eyes of others, the less we are willing to admit to struggling with it? When a large percentage of our fellow Americans are overeating and overweight, strugglers are in good company, and it is easier to admit the self-indulgence. Because admitting to lying or cheating results in being labeled a liar and precipitates the possibility of real judgment and...
