Why we sin even if we know it will hurt us?

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” But even as I heaped spadefuls of guilt onto Ted (Haggard), I realized that the answer lay in the very nature of sin – it warps our thinking and makes us so irrational that we place our selfish desires above our concerns for our loved ones. Sin blinds us to consequences and tricks us into believing that our secrets will never be revealed.”

– Gayle Haggard in her reaction when her husband Ted Haggard committed adultery.