S ome values are distinctly moral, having to do with right and wrong. For example, people with religious faith may believe strongly that, if peace and happiness are to be achieved in a school or community, individuals must treat each other with respect. They must also respect each other's property, and must act in caring ways toward each other. Violent behaviors, stealing, lying, cheating, are disrespectful and morally wrong. R eligious faith adds to this setting a perspective which includes the believer's relationship with the Divine.
Sin is a faith word.
It arises out of a view of the world which believes that God is the one who calls human beings to act rightly. Not only has God given humans the capacity to choose, and therefore to love, but God calls humans to choose rightly, and to love tenderly. Such a relationship implies the possibility of love. T o persons of the Christian faith, moral wrongs are seen as disobedience toward God. Immoral activity is a turning of one's back on God who loves us, gave us everything we have, and calls us to live lives of moral goodness.