Do you think we are sinners from birth?

Question

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God"

Answer 1

Yes the Bible says so. However we do not have to stay this way. Jesus Christ died on the cross to take the sins from us. It is now up to us to confess that we are sinners. then confess that Jesus is the Son of God and that Jesus died on the cross to remove sin. We must allow the Spirit of Christ to lead us into perfection.

Answer 2

No! Big on the N-O! Sin(evil) is a human-based concept to provide two things...one, fear that you are not acceptable to God in some way, and two, provides the opposite to "good", also allowing those that say you are a sinner to give you a route by which you can be redeemed...by them, of course.

No entity as powerful as God (or whatever name you prefer) requires the opposites, nor looks upon its parts as anything but perfect...knowing full well that the lifetime we are in process of experiencing is actually a pretend state for spirit growth, and nothing more...and also knowing that these spirit parts of itself have nowhere else to go but Home when through with the present journey.

You are a beautiful soul at birth & death...no matter what you do here as a human.

Answer 3

We are all born with the sin nature inherited from Adam's sperm. The embryo or the baby or the child before age of accountability doesn't sin or knowingly sin until one knows. So will not be held accountable if die early. They are still innocent children even though they have sin nature & may sin.

I know that we all have sin nature & will naturally sin given the oportunity. Some babies don't have the chance to sin because they die, but the sin nature is still there. Little 2 year olds will test their parents. They need to be disciplined.

When a person is born of God by grace through faith, then God loves & disciplines child & makes child right. Child is growing in Christ & in faith.

Answer 4

no. its hard to see how an infant could be a sinner. doesn't the entire notion of guilt rest on the ability to have made a choice? If a newborn is a sinner, then either that newborn has somehow made a sinful choice, or else the entire idea of sin is moot. If sin is automatic, then it becomes irrelevant. There is no point in assigning moral value to a person's actions if they had no control over those actions- in this case being born. You can say newborns are sinners, but that term doesn't carry any moral weight since the baby had no choice in the matter. The essence of guilt is free will, and this is something that infants certainly lack.

The lack of free will in infants is a problem for christian theologians, since it raises the problem of why God would allow babies (especially babies who will die before reaching maturity) to suffer. There doesn't seem to be any possible reason for God to allow children to suffer when they will die before they ever have free will. Since young children (it is commonly held by theologians, see mom1025's answer) are not yet accountable for their actions, and if they die before reaching the age of accountability, then any suffering they feel themselves will be unnecessary. It can't be argued that their suffering is necessary to teach adults a lesson, because that same lesson would be taught just by the appearance of suffering. So God could relieve the suffering of infants without infringing on their free will (because they have none) or without denying a possible lesson to adults. So then why allow infants and young children to suffer if they are going to die before reaching an age of accountability? Its a difficult question, I think.

Answer 5

No, A rabbi once said that our souls are pure. Plus if G-d made us in Him image, then why would anyone be born a sinner? What would it say about G-d?
Update: I can't believe so many people have been brainwashed to say "yes". I ask, how can an infant be born a sinner? Does a fetus sin? NO! Someone said a few posts below me that she has seen babies do a "temper tantrum" I ask her, how is that a sin, is it not survival instinct? Original Sin is a LIE, what is sad is that people have been brainwashed to believe such self destructive things. I say, we are not born sinners, we're just human. We are not perfect but that doesn't make us evil beings!

Answer 6

Of course we are its our nature. We are born with the sin of Adam on us which is why we are able to die at or before birth "Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;" So since you have to sin to die then yes we are sinners from birth.

Answer 7

Sin, the idea that God could ever be displeased with you because of something you had done, did not exist when Jesus died, nor does it exist now.

This is a fictitious idea dreamed up to induce guilt and control people.

The moment you start to actually think about this impossible definition of sin the whole concept falls apart and you wonder how you could had ever believed it at all.

Let me assist you a little. Let’s start with the word itself. Where did this word sin come from? In England when archery was practiced as a sport the goal was to try to hit the center of a target. When you actually try to do this you quickly realize just how difficult it is to consistently hit the exact center of the target, or the mark as it was called then. This mark in the center of the target is an elusive goal for even the best archers due to the many variables like, Wind, distance, angle, etc. So they often miss the mark they were hoping to hit. They had a term for this missing the mark; it was called a syn or sin as it is spelled these days. Often the wind would blow an arrow that had been shot with the best of intentions, so far off course that it completely missed the mark it was aimed for. Seeing this a companion might look at the archer with a smile and say that was a syn. Meaning, you missed the mark, you had better try again. At this point he would simply string another arrow, make the necessary corrections to compensate for the wind and try again. This process would continue until he eventually got it right and hit the mark.

What does this have to do with the reality of sin you ask? Remember that you are reading an English bible, a bible that was translated from some other language. When this translation was done English words needed to be found that had a meaning as close as possible to the meaning of the words the bible had used in the other language. Remember the goal of any good translation is to be as faithful as is possible in transferring the original meaning of the work. The English term syn was the word that most completely did this job of transferring the original idea of sin from the original text. In the original biblical intent, sin was not something that God was displeased with you about. It meant that you had tried but your choice was not the best you could have made, you needed to make the necessary corrections and try over.

This is what life is about. Situations confront us on a daily basis, each requiring some response from us. We may chose to respond in one of two ways. We assess the situation and respond from either a basis of love or from a basis of fear. When we respond from our fears we invariably respond in an unloving manner. This unloving response always creates even more negativity. On the other hand if we respond from a basis of love to the situation, it has a calming effect for all who are involved. It may not completely resolve the situation but it never makes things any worse. Through out life each of us alternately chooses both loving and unloving responses as our responses to the situations we are confronted with. The hope being that at some point we will start to notice that one of these strategies creates more chaos, while the other causes chaos to dissipate. This was Gods intent in allowing us to have this experience we call our life. This is why the endless variety of situations and possible responses to these situations confront us on a daily basis. We are expected to experiment with the numerous possible ways to respond and come to our own conclusions about which types of responses best serve our goals.

Most of us quickly realize that we prefer a peaceful calm existence to one of constant turmoil. If we are paying attention to the responses we have been making to the situations we have been confronted with we will notice that some of them, the ones made from a basis of fear intensify chaotic situations. Much like throwing gasoline on a fire would do. While the responses we make from a basis of love have an opposite quelling or calming effect.

Answer 8

Yes Romans 5:12 is pretty clear about that. Its called the Adamic Curse. Adam's sin passed upon all of us.

Answer 9

When Adam and Eve fell from grace, sin came into the world, and was subsequently passed on to each generation. With Christ redemption on the cross, there is forgiveness for sin.

Answer 10

Of course. We are born with original sin and suffer the consequences of it. We must be reborn again in the Holy Spirit through Baptism, but we still have the scars and sin till the day we die.

Answer 11

yes ... the Bible teaches that we inherited the sin nature of Adam from birth. However, if a child dies before the age of accountability, God has grace upon them, and they are not held responsible.