When we choose not to serve God, we inevitably find another center for our lives. We can see this in human societies that have tried to serve the gods of reason, science, or technology and in the lives of individual men and women who have tried to make gods of pleasure, fame, money, or even a relationship. Such gods can never deliver what they promise. Sin is an attempt to achieve autonomy, to decide for ourselves what is good, right, true, and worthwhile. While trying to establish our own standards