Symbolism Lost

The Greek word hamartia (ἁμαρτία) is the word often translated as sin in the New Testament; it means "to miss the mark" or "to miss the point".

What an intelligible way of understanding sin. Not as a distancing between God and man, not as damnable action, but as a revealing of our propensity to see things narrowly. A sin is simply a misunderstanding, a way of acting that is counterintuitive to your own flourishing. The question becomes: Why do we trivialize ourselves by competing for such worthless prizes? The concept of guilt done away with; any chasm between God and man denied. An "actual and not merely promised happiness on earth.”

What happened?