Is there true guilt and false guilt?
I’m no expert on Christianity, which is one of the topics this question is posted under, but I learned a fair amount about Catholicism from David Lodge, a fair amount about Judaism from my upbringing, some about Buddhism from books and some practice. Which is to say, from the start, I don’t profess to know the “truth” about any particular faith, nor do I claim any expertise. It’s a major disclaimer: if you think my views on any religion are untrue/misguided/false, I’m not in much position to argue. I’m just going on what I’ve read and heard and picked up along the way. — From the broad perspective of those religious views, it seems that the Christian view is that “we are all sinners” (which means, in a way, that we are all guilty of something), so in that sense there is “true guilt.” However, such a broad application doesn’t tell us a whole lot (in earthly terms); it is the rough equivalent of “all living people breathe.” Meaning, there has to be a follow-up question, meaning, the an
