Every great story has 3 main elements: a hero, a villain and a conflict. Without those 3 elements the story is unsatisfactory and boring. The hero needs a villain to to oppose and a conflict to resolve to build a strong narrative that satisfies and inspires readers. God must love to write because he has authored one of the greatest stories ever with Jesus as the savior of humanity, Satan as the villain and sin as the root of conflict. Hamartiology is the theological study of sin, with "hamartia" literally being the Greek word for sin. Since sin is the main conflict in Christianity, we would naturally want to understand as much about it as we can. Hamartiology studies all the aspects of sin so that we can more easily identify what is and what is not sin. Naturally, there is a difference among churches in what they consider they sin. Beyond that, there is differences among where sin comes from and the nature of how it affects our relationship...