"Sin" is a synonym for "Finitude"

Even atheists have to deal with the consequences of not being God

“Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581” by Ilya Repin, painted 1883-1885. The moment after an angry outburst cracked the skull of his now-dying child. Moral maturity begins when we can look into Ivan’s eyes and see ourselves looking back, hopefully without paying the same price as he.

We enter this world as infants, living helpless lives…