¶ Sin: Angle of Error
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The courage to adhere to the truth as we learn it involves, then, the courage to face oneself with the clear admission of all the mistakes we have made. Mistakes are sins only when not self-admitted. Etymologically, sin means omission where admission should have occurred. An angle is a sinus, an opening, a break in a circle, a break in the integrity of the whole human individual. Trigonometrically, the sine of an angle is the ratio of the length of the chord facing the central angle considered, as ratioed to the length of the radius of the circle whose center is also the apex of the angle, or sinus, considered. The angle is the angle of error of viewpoint of the individual whose circular integrity has been violated. The relative size of the chord opposite that angle of error as proportioned to the radius (taken as unity 1) of the circle of experienced knowledge of the individual; and being the sine of the angle considered, it is also the relative magnitude of the individual’s sin. (Drawing attached.)
