Confessions

Confessions by Saint Augustine was very difficult for me to understand because I couldn’t analysis the text as compared to other readings. There were a few things that I found interesting and was able to somewhat analyze was when he was talking about sinning and childhood. Saint Augustine states, “Who can recall to me the sins I committed as a baby? For in your sight no man is free from sin, not even a child who has lives only one day on earth.”. When I read this quote, I had to reread it again to fully understand what he was saying. I believe he is right when he states this because everyone sins even if they are the most perfect person. From physical sins to mental sins, no one doesn’t sin. Even children sin because of their actions. Therefore, if children sin, without having the knowledge of what is right and wrong, or even what a sin is, means everyone who is living on earth sins. Minor things such as thinking about stealing someone’s toy or even doing it is a sin for a child even though they have not been taught that stealing is wrong, there is an understanding of sin that the child just committed. Augustine also states how if an adult throws a tantrum it would not be acceptable therefore proving that if a child threw a tantrum it would not be right, leading it to be a sin. This quote explains how sin is all around us even though we try to live perfectly as it was indented to be. But no one can escape sinning which is why Saint Augustine is telling us to be with God.