Their besetting sin is curiosity and they get themselves into trouble because they snoop in places where they shouldn't."

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And why is that? Within the perspective of Milton's free-will theology, sin can't exist as an external reality.

为什么呢？从弥尔顿自由意志的学说的角度来看，原罪是不可能以永久现实的形式存在的。

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The final sin I want to talk about is probably the most common, and it's called the Texas sharpshooter fallacy.

我想讲的最后的一个谬误,可能是最常见的，它叫做德克萨斯神枪手谬误。

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By Russian standards, this was a venial venal sin, if sin at all.

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Her husband had been emotionally abused as a child, she said, and he was guilty of "sin of weakness, not a sin of malice".

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Mike Tindall and Andy Goode were sent to the sin-bin during the game and two sin-binnings in international rugby is completely unnecessary.

BBC: pundits' England verdict