It clearly states in Ezekial 18:19-20
19" `What?' you ask. `Doesn't the child pay for the parent's sins?' No! For if the child does what is right and keeps my laws, that child will surely live. 20The one who sins is the one who dies. The child will not be punished for the parent's sins, and the parent will not be punished for the child's sins. Righteous people will be rewarded for their own goodness, and wicked people will be punished for their own wickedness.
So I don't really get the whole Catholic tradition of "origable sin"
2006-08-19 05:29:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, first off, it's not just a Catholic doctrine, but one used by many Christian religions.
Second, no, I don't believe in original sin. Never did.
2006-08-19 05:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Original sin" is not really a sin, but a condition of human nature. Left to our own devices, we are selfish, vengeful, proud, untrusting, etc. We are not in perfect communion with God because we are self-centered.
This first occured in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve decided to trust not in God, but in themselves.
It is through Baptism that we become reconciled to God and are made sons and daughters of God. We have that original sin removed and become a new creation.
You can read more about the doctrine of original sin in the Catechism of the Catholic Church at http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p7.htm#388
2006-08-19 05:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in original sin. We aren't punished for it, it's just something that exists in us. The power to sin. I mean, name someone who hasn't sinned! If Adam and Eve wouldn't have sinned, then our eyes wouldn't have been open to the world of sin either.
2006-08-19 05:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Greta 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there was such a thing as original Sin then the Atonement of Jesus Christ did away with it, or the atonement wasn't universal.
2006-08-19 05:37:33 · answer #4 · answered by princezelph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't follow any religion so you may think I'm not qualified to speak however i think that gives me better objectivity what i want to know is why do people keep reading the old testament when Christ came here with a new plan because the old wasn't working (hint)
2006-08-19 05:44:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes I do. Orginal sin is different than other sins because in order to get ride of it, is by accepting JesusChrist in your hreat
2006-08-19 05:52:36 · answer #6 · answered by Alfred 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ITS ALL CONFUSING AND SYMBOLIC...ITS HOW YOU LIVE HOW YOU LOVE HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS HOW YOU THINK HOW YOU ULTIMATELY FEEL......ORIGINAL SIN JUDGEMENT BECAUSE WE DO NOT REALLY KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL....IT S ALL JUST EMPTY REPETITIOUS PREACHING......
2006-08-19 05:37:18 · answer #7 · answered by flowerspirit2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes-I do.
2006-08-19 06:48:01 · answer #8 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋