Michael Snoyman on Nostr: The Hebrew word for sin, חטא, also means to miss a target (like in archery). The ...
The Hebrew word for sin, חטא, also means to miss a target (like in archery). The idea being: sins tend to be aiming in the right general direction, but messing up severely somewhere along the way.
For a great real world example of this, see communism.
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