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Father Bernabe Cobo - Inca Religion and Customs - Sin
Identifier
011758
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
So the Inca defined sin as 'that which hurts', like Jesus did.
Whereas Cobo clearly had a completely different definition of sin. Maybe this is why the Spanish employed torture, including the priests.
A description of the experience
Father Bernabe Cobo - Inca Religion and Customs [translated by Roland Hamilton]
Although they did agree that the bad people would be condemned and the good people would be saved, they were unable to distinguish the good people from the bad ones [according to Cobo's definition].
…..even though their customs were depraved, it was impossible to condemn the nobles. The inferno was only for the common people, such as thieves and sorcerers who used herbs to kill, other people like them, ….. Moreover, they paid no attention to any other kinds of sin.