Secret Sin (sin sin sin sin) a bleak and depressing look on something others will try to be positive about.

Secret sin is a part of any Christian's walk at one point or another. One may argue that no sin is secret because God knows and sees all our sins, but to say that really ignores the meat of the issue, which is that sin kept secret from other people around us can end up hurting us (and others) in the end. Public confession and reconciliation could be effective ways of combating secret sin and inward shame, but are rendered less effective by the selfish self-serving focus of today's culture. In today's culture people are too busy worrying about themselves and their own secret sins to notice when someone else comes forward and confesses. They may nod their heads in approval or think less of the person for showing their weaknesses and sins, but they won't remember by the end of the week. This leaves the confessor, still with no help, to worry about a possibly sullied reputation. I am describing society as a whole, by the way, I won't pretend everyone is the way I describe. At least, I hope not. Anyway, I just thought the blog was looking too positive and cheery and wanted to balance out the scales with some good old fashioned negativity. I want to make it clear that the views expressed above are an exaggeration of how I see things. Ever since we learned about existentialism, nihilism,  and other similar viewpoints I  began enjoying looking at things from a bleaker perspective. Feel free to put any disputes to my claims in the comments, I'm sort of jaded to the whole secret sin thing but, would love to discuss it.