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Q&A Why does the Bible repeatedly tout that sin begins in the heart — rather than the brain, mind, or other bodily organs?

Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause the sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pret...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by mudskipper‭

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#5: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-01-07T04:27:47Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • Why does the Bible repeatedly tout that sin commences in the heart?
  • Why does the Bible repeatedly tout that sin begins in the heart — rather than the brain, mind, or other bodily organs?
#4: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-01-07T04:26:48Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • Why does the Bible tout that sin commences in the heart?
  • Why does the Bible repeatedly tout that sin commences in the heart?
#3: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-01-07T04:24:36Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • 1. Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause the sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pretenses, fraud, perjury with the vocal tract. Sexual crimes with the penis or vagina.
  • Last but not least, in Anglo-American jurisdictions, crimes require _mens rea_. **Thus if not the organs aforementioned above, it would be more sensible and realistic to attribute sin to the brain or mind.** _Why then does the Bible attribute sin to the heart?_
  • 2. Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心 (heart) is the semantic component of [惡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1) which means [evil, wickedness](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%83%A1)? Perhaps the Chinese gleaned this attribution from Christianity or Christian missionaries.
  • [All Sin Originates in Our Heart](https://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/all-sin-originates-in-our-heart/)
  • > As authentic disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we must understand all sin comes originates from the wickedness of our hearts. Jesus said in [Matthew 15:18-20](https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Matt%2015.18-20), “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.”For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” We often forget about the motives of our hearts, our attitudes, and the words we speak reflect the attitude of our hearts.
  • [7 Sins Of The Heart That Christians Overlook Daily](https://biblereasons.com/sins-of-the-heart/)
  • >Mark 7:21-23 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come–sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.
  • >
  • >Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  • [Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Genesis/6/5)
  • > And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • 1. Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause the sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pretenses, fraud, perjury with the vocal tract. Sexual crimes with the penis or vagina.
  • Last but not least, in Anglo-American jurisdictions, crimes require _mens rea_. **Thus if not the organs aforementioned above, it would be more sensible and realistic to attribute sin to the brain or mind.** **_Why then does the Bible attribute sin to the heart?_**
  • 2. Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心 (heart) is the semantic component of [惡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1) which means [evil, wickedness](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%83%A1)? Perhaps the Chinese gleaned this attribution from Christianity or Christian missionaries.
  • [All Sin Originates in Our Heart](https://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/all-sin-originates-in-our-heart/)
  • > As authentic disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we must understand all sin comes originates from the wickedness of our hearts. Jesus said in [Matthew 15:18-20](https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Matt%2015.18-20), “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.”For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” We often forget about the motives of our hearts, our attitudes, and the words we speak reflect the attitude of our hearts.
  • [7 Sins Of The Heart That Christians Overlook Daily](https://biblereasons.com/sins-of-the-heart/)
  • >Mark 7:21-23 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come–sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.
  • >
  • >Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  • [Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Genesis/6/5)
  • > And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
#2: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-01-07T04:23:49Z (almost 3 years ago)
  • 1. Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause these sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pretenses, fraud, perjury with the vocal tract. Sexual crimes with the penis or vagina.
  • Last but not least, in Anglo-American jurisdictions, crimes require _mens rea_. Thus if not the organs aforementioned above, it would be more sensible and realistic to attribute sin to the brain or mind. But why does the Bible attribute sin to the heart?
  • 2. Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心 (heart) is the semantic component of [惡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1) which means [evil, wickedness](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%83%A1)? Perhaps the Chinese gleaned this attribution from Christianity or Christian missionaries.
  • [All Sin Originates in Our Heart](https://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/all-sin-originates-in-our-heart/)
  • > As authentic disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we must understand all sin comes originates from the wickedness of our hearts. Jesus said in [Matthew 15:18-20](https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Matt%2015.18-20), “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.”For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” We often forget about the motives of our hearts, our attitudes, and the words we speak reflect the attitude of our hearts.
  • [7 Sins Of The Heart That Christians Overlook Daily](https://biblereasons.com/sins-of-the-heart/)
  • >Mark 7:21-23 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come–sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.
  • >
  • >Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  • [Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Genesis/6/5)
  • > And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
  • 1. Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause the sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pretenses, fraud, perjury with the vocal tract. Sexual crimes with the penis or vagina.
  • Last but not least, in Anglo-American jurisdictions, crimes require _mens rea_. **Thus if not the organs aforementioned above, it would be more sensible and realistic to attribute sin to the brain or mind.** _Why then does the Bible attribute sin to the heart?_
  • 2. Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心 (heart) is the semantic component of [惡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1) which means [evil, wickedness](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%83%A1)? Perhaps the Chinese gleaned this attribution from Christianity or Christian missionaries.
  • [All Sin Originates in Our Heart](https://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/all-sin-originates-in-our-heart/)
  • > As authentic disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we must understand all sin comes originates from the wickedness of our hearts. Jesus said in [Matthew 15:18-20](https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Matt%2015.18-20), “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.”For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” We often forget about the motives of our hearts, our attitudes, and the words we speak reflect the attitude of our hearts.
  • [7 Sins Of The Heart That Christians Overlook Daily](https://biblereasons.com/sins-of-the-heart/)
  • >Mark 7:21-23 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come–sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.
  • >
  • >Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
  • [Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Genesis/6/5)
  • > And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-01-07T04:23:03Z (almost 3 years ago) 
Why does the Bible tout that sin commences in the heart? 
1. Undeniably, the heart can't physically cause these sins quoted below, as in the Matthew 15:18-20. Crimes against the person (manslaughter) are committed usually with the limbs and hands. False pretenses, fraud, perjury with the vocal tract. Sexual crimes with the penis or vagina.  

Last but not least, in Anglo-American jurisdictions, crimes require  _mens rea_.  Thus if not the organs aforementioned above, it would be more sensible and realistic to attribute sin to the brain or mind. But why does the Bible attribute sin to the heart? 



2. Is the Bible's attribution of sin to the heart related to why, in Chinese, 心  (heart) is the semantic component of [惡](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%83%A1) which means [evil, wickedness](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E6%83%A1)? Perhaps the Chinese gleaned this attribution from Christianity or Christian missionaries.  



[All Sin Originates in Our Heart](https://www.newvisionministriesonline.org/all-sin-originates-in-our-heart/)

> As authentic disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we must understand all sin comes originates from the wickedness of our hearts. Jesus said in [Matthew 15:18-20](https://biblia.com/bible/nkjv/Matt%2015.18-20), “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.”For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.” We often forget about the motives of our hearts, our attitudes, and the words we speak reflect the attitude of our hearts.

[7 Sins Of The Heart That Christians Overlook Daily](https://biblereasons.com/sins-of-the-heart/)

>Mark 7:21-23 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come–sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.
>
>Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

[Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.](https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/Genesis/6/5)

> And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.
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