Originally Posted by py3ak

Good posting, Adam! In fact, I think it would be quite Biblical to affirm that maintaining false teaching is sin, and therefore antithetical to holiness. I suppose we're used to the fact that someone might be a liar, a cheat, a thief, a gossip and an idler without therefore being a murderer or adulterer. Well, in the same way, a man can sin by upholding false doctrine even if at the same time he doesn't happen to be arrogant or harsh. People sin in different ways, but intellectual sin is no less wicked than practical sin.