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Jrong:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/south-korea-chemical-castration_n_1541888.html

My mind jumped to a religious context immediately. It's amazing how fast "sinning" disappears when some "big sinners" merely inject their bodies with chemicals allowing them not to sin. I wonder how religious notions of sin will change in the next few decades as more science is accepted by the whole society.

dansk:
I have to admit, I can't figure out the logic of your train of thought.  How did 'sin' disappear here?

Jrong:
The guy is a paedophile. That's "sin". As soon as you put the right chemicals in his body, voila, he stops having the urges to do "sinful" things.

Same applies to a lot of different situations. Maybe somebody is a kleptomaniac ("sin"). Put the right chemicals in his body and he stops having the urges to be "sinful". He stops "sinning"/stealing.

Religious ppl tend to think of "sin" as a spiritual/non-physical thing so basically what Im saying is once religious ppl start to accept more science they will see "sin" as a very physical thing -- a physical problem with the brain, and it will change the way they talk about "sin". It won't be a "character problem" anymore but a "physical problem".

Frozencat99:
The former Catholic in me would think that removing the ability to make sinful decisions wouldn't be favoured or accepted by the Church. Not sure about all Christians.

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