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Untrue. Unconscious thoughts are not sin -- that is, if some idea pops into my head, I'm not responsible for it. But if I dwell upon it, it is sin. Why? Because if I dwell, say, on the fantasy of killing my advisor, there might come a time when I'm not free to not kill him. It might become an obsession, and in any case would make me a worse person. And, of course, that's what sin's about -- whether or not doing something makes you a worse person.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche