Another way to think about sin is to think about it in terms of our relationship with God. God wants us to flourish, to live whole-heartedly. God has created the world in a way that makes it possible for us to flourish provided we choose to do the morally right thing in line with the way God has intended. Consequently, when we choose to do the morally wrong thing, we are not simply choosing something which is less good for our own flourishing and the flourishing of others, but we are choosing something which is against the good that God wants for us and for everybody else. Consequently, we are choosing against God. As Ronald Rolheiser (1999, p. 202) notes, 'All sin is irreverence.'