"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts..." The dominant understanding about what 'sin' is among non-Christians, lapsed Christians, and far too many practicing Christians is that 'sin' is primarily a list of things that are "bad to do." Though this understanding isn't wrong, it is woefully incomplete after childhood ends. If this view of sin never matures, than we encounter a host of confusion in our lives, are left baffled by apparent tragedy and failure, and will never grasp the first things about human nature. Under this understanding, Christianity as a whole quickly becomes absolutely prohibitive and cruel. Take homosexuals, for example. You've got these two men who seem really, really , nice. They appear happy and functional. They are patient and civilized, even in the face of judgmental accusations of "sin" hurled at them. And to top it all off, they believe they are in love . What stands in the way of