Original sin is a myth because a theory is something that you can either prove or disprove, right?

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Original sin is a myth, because a theory is something that you can either prove or disprove, and you can't prove or disprove the original sin, right?

Answer 1

It is a myth.

Instead of blaming God for casting Adam out of the paradise where he might have lived forever, the patriarchs blamed Eve for bringing this about. Fathers of the Christian church said Eve conceived by the serpent and brought forth Death. The seeds of all women already existed in Eve, St. John Chrysostorn maintained, so that in her sin "the whole female race transgressed." This was the real origin of the church fathers' fear and hatred of women, which expanded into a sexist attitude that permeated all of western society. Heaven was closed to all women except those who were submissive and worshipped their husbands as gods. Even modern theologians naively blame human death on the Endemic sin. Rahner said, "Man's death is the demonstration of the fact that he has fallen away from God . . . Death is guilt made visible. Theologians have not yet dealt with the question of what "guilt" causes death among non-human creatures.

Actually, churches depend for their existence on the orthodox Myth of Eve. "Take away the snake, the fruit-tree, and the woman from the tableau, and we have no fall, no frowning Judge, no Inferno, no everlasting punishment - hence no need of a Savior. Thus the bottom falls out of the whole Christian theology.

Equally destructive to Christian theology would be the restoration of books arbitrarily excluded from the Canon, such as the Apocalypse of Adam, in which Adam stated that he and Eve were created together, but she was his superior! She brought with her "a glory" which she had seen in the aeon from which we had come forth. Some of these once-sacred books made Eve superior to both Adam and the creator. It was she, not God, who gave Adam his soul and brought him to life. It was she, not God, who cast down the evil deities from heaven and made them demons. And she, as the eternal female Power, would eventually judge the God she created, find him guilty of injustice, and destroy him.

Answer 2

No, a "theory" by definition cannot be proven and disproven either. That's what makes it a theory. If it has been proven and/or disproven, it's scientific law or fact.

"Myth" is a historic term and "theory" is a scientific term. You're comparing apples and oranges, so to speak.

Original sin is a term that gets bandied about on Yahoo Answers a lot, but I believe original sin is just some Christians' belief that we are all born with a "sin nature." While I do believe this, I also believe it is irrelevant, because we all actually sin, in reality. Original sin really means nothing to me.

By the way, some people use the term "original sin" to mean "first sin." This is also irrelevant use of the term.

Answer 3

No, but you can definately prove that sin is happening now adays, so this is the only recording of the first sin. And a theory is an idea that has not been proven because it has not yet had enough information to back it up. Evolution falls in this category, along with creation.

Answer 4

While I agree that it is a myth -- your logic escapes me.

Theories can be disproved if they are wrong. They are often impossible to prove if they are right -- though you can find evidence to support them. For example, Evolution has not been proven -- but there is a lot of evidence that supports it and none that does not.

Answer 5

i purely can't have confidence what proportion human beings don't comprehend what the word concept skill. A hypothesis is an untested concept. as quickly as examined, shown and with a physique of information, it is an concept. A concept is a physique of certainty that supplies an entire description of something with a physique of helping data and that's able to growing to be verifiable predictions. So specific, if gravity is an concept then this means it is certainty.

Answer 6

You can't prove a lot about articles of faith. That's why it's called faith. You may call it a myth but those of faith call it a truth. You can't prove your viewpoint and I can't prove mine but that's the way it goes in the world. To each their own. See you in heaven, if it's not a myth.

Answer 7

If its in the Bible its called faith.

Myths are stories that have been passed down for hundreds/thousands of years.

Theory is most probable, not fact

Answer 8

personally I think its a myth simply because it is scripturely unsupported.

but that dose not make it a myth.

a theory
A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.


it seems to fit

Answer 9

I believe it is not a myth. I believe in the Bible because I have faith in the Bible. A person without faith can not believe what the Bible tells us about the history of mankind.

Answer 10

Then you yourself is a myth because evolution is also a theory..yes?