The "original sin" is just a theory, right?

Answer 1

This is just one of the many, many areas where the Judeo-Christian religions depart. There is no "original sin" in Judaism. We are born "blank slates." Our choices determine which path we're on -- good or evil. One can return to the right path at any time, but it is much more difficult having gone too far down the path of wrong choices.

Answer 2

A theory is an act that can be proving using scientific means.

Original sin is not a theory because it can't be proved using those scientific mean. It is however a leap of faith. Faith takes you beyond science beyond the explainable with science and takes you to a plane of existence that allows you to believe in something with out touching it, feeling it, seeing it, hearing it, or smelling it.

For original sin to be real to a person they first must accept, without question, that it exists. I have made the acceptance a very long time ago. To me my original sin was washed away when the priest dunked my head in blessed water and said.

"I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

I believe in original Sin.

Answer 3

Original sin is a doctrine (not a theory) in many Christian denominations.

Here is one way to describe Original sin.

The paradise in which God created the human race was a place where all people lived in complete holiness. They loved God with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their mind. They loved their neighbors as much as they loved themselves.

Then the first human beings disobeyed the commandment of God, choosing to follow their own will rather than God's will. This was the Original Sin.

As a consequence the first human beings lost the grace of original holiness, and became subject to the law of death; sin became universally present in the world.

Besides the personal sin of the first human beings, original sin describes the fallen state of human nature which affects every person born into the world. Therefore we are not responsible for Original sin but we are affected by it.

It was this fallen state from which Christ, the "new Adam," came to redeem us. Jesus makes paradise available to us again and teaches us how to live there, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

If "original sin" is what you're calling it, you may as well accept it as fact. I'm pondering what the concept of "original" means, anyway. Are we naturally programmed to be sinners, or is it only implied since we are born naive and innocent to a perpetually sinning species?

Consider Noah of The Ark fame. Look at what a good egg he was; the one person God chose to restart the human race. After the floodwaters recede, the human race STILL evolves into a sinful one. Is it because it's our natural inclination to sin, or is it simply the product of other humans being around?

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I believe you're referring to the story about Adam eating the forbidden fruit of the "knowledge of good and evil." By doing so he brought death upon himself; he was cast out of the garden and no longer had access to the "tree of life." He received a sentence of death since evil cannot exist in the land of the Living. He is now in captivity in the land of the dead. The name "Adam" is a word that means "mankind." The story relates that mankind brought death upon himself by his own deed. Therefore, we're not being punished for a sin of our fathers; rather we're still experiencing the result of our own misdeed since we're all a part of mankind. Just because you don't remember it doesn't mean you weren't there. You probably don't remember when you were 2 months old either.

Answer 7

According to canon law, original sin is not a theory.

Answer 8

Actually, it isn't, since a theory is something that you can either prove or disprove, and you can't prove or disprove the original sin.
I think it's more like a myth; a way to explain a civilization's conception of the origin of good and evil, and its ideas of morality.

Answer 9

Theory - yes.

You can search from Genesis to Revelation and never find the words "original sin".

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Answer 10

Don't say that to a rabid Christian. Supposedly, the "original sin" is Eve eating the apple. Everything bad comes from that. At least that's what the Bible says.