Houraji

Is it Sin that makes one a sinner?
Or is it Kin that makes one a sinner?

Many say we are born innocent and untainted, and yet in Sin we are all related to one another. For we are one Kin, and with this Sin we share that we are born with. And even a certain doctrine holds that one's Kin, through the fact of birth, inherit a tainted nature with a proclivity to sinful conduct in need of regeneration…

"I was brought forth in iniquity, and in Sin did my Mother conceive me."
…or so the doctrine says,

"We are all born sinners because of Kin that brings us together."
…and so we think: we are born with Sin inherited from our Kin,

But, should that hold us back from acting with virtue?
No, we should not hold back, even when Sin entered the world through one Kin, and Death through Sin, and in this way, Death came to all beings, because all sinned,

But even so, we all have freedom to be a being we want when we embrace Death,
To be a fraudulent Human,
To be a violent Angel,
To be a benevolent Devil,

And what one wants to be, neither "Sin" nor "Kin" should define what "Self" one is going to be, let "Journey" instead that defines one "Self"

Sin of Kin

"What art ye trying to doth with those shoes?"

Simply unforeseen it was, by the girl's wits tried to augur what the witch was trying to do with that unassuming pair of leather boots whose shade had mostly faded away into greyish white—whether or not because it was consumed by the passing Time, the fading shade, in an antithetical way, only foregrounded further its odd cleanliness…

…too much brushing perhaps; mayhap because the pair had been kept long enough without being exposed to the elements. After all, the witch claimed to have found it—and probably another five—below a trapdoor…

Carrot and Stick – The Jockey