Does the Original sin actual begin before Adam and Eve ate e friut of e knowledge of good and evil or after?

Answer 1

Possibly before. Because the lust of the eyes,lust of the flesh and the pride of life was alread prevalent to even contemplate eating of the fruit

Answer 2

I prefer to think of this story as showing that there is a shared sense of temptation and a shared sense of responsibility among all -- male, female, and the rest of creation. It doesn't always have to do with temptation or intention when things go wrong - sometimes things just happen (there's nothing particularly immoral about an earthquake, for example, and if a lion eats you, while tragic, it isn't actually an immoral act on the part of the lion). In the Garden of Eden story, we have Eve being tempted by nature to transform herself into something more, and Adam being tempted by both to be similarly transformed. In a lot of the shared stories of the ancient world, the idea of taking on knowledge or civilization is presented as a double-edged sword -- and you have to take the good with the bad. But I like to think about it in the Pandora's Box kind of way -- while all the evils of knowing what's in the box scatter to the rest of the world, hope remains. While Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden, they still continue their relationship with the divine, and in that is hope.

Answer 3

Is Original sin the same thing as Free Will?
Was it the first time that mankind made a decision for himself,
And Why would it be such a sin to eat a fruit from a tree, anymore than it seems to me a sin to condemn all of mankind
for the single act of two?
What would have happened if they had NOT eaten the fruit? Would we all just be wandering around, will-less and ignorant? Unknowing of Good, or of Evil? Would we be happy, being such intelligent and spiritual creatures that we are, living eternally oblivious to our own ideas and emotions?
Would we recognize the beauty of life if there were no death?
Would we feel happiness if we had no sorrow?
Would we be happier if we had no free will and no choice?
The Knowledge of Good and Evil.....Why was this knowledge forbidden from us?
Was it some kind of sick joke?

Answer 4

Original Sin, the Christina dogma that sin is inherited is against all ethics, morality and common sense. It is against the explicit pronouncement of God:

"The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son (the progeny of Adam) shall not bear the iniquity of the father (Adam), neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die." Ezekiel 18:20-21

No heathen tribe has conceived so grotesque an idea, involving as it does the assumption, that man was born with a hereditary stain upon him, and this stain for which he was not personally responsible was to be atoned for, and that the creator of all things had to sacrifice His only begotten son to neutralize this mysterious curse. (Major Yeats Brown)

That Jesus (pbuh) himself regarded children as innocent and pure, and NOT BORN IN SIN, is clear from his reported saying:

"Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of God . . ." Mark 10:14

Answer 5

It began when Eve was beguiled by the snake and took the first bite. Probably over in 2.5 seconds or less.

Answer 6

What is "original sin" exactly? Please elaborate on what you mean by "original sin". I think this is just a term used by Catholics. Eve first sinned, then Adam. Babies aren't born "dirty" or laden with sin. This whole "original sin" concept is ridiculous, and just a crutch that's used to baptize babies -- in vein.

Answer 7

Satan himself, chose to sin. One third of the Angles feel with him, so he took them down too. If he can get that many Angles to fall with him, dont you know Adom and Eve were a easy taget.

Answer 8

agreed, sin existed with lucifer who became PROUD. and wanted to destroy the works of God but he pretended to offer the tree of knowledge as decoy plan of salvation. When God chose Jesus, or the one who was to become the messiah, who we know as jesus, thats when lucifer rebelled against God and took 1/3 of all the angels with him to work evil with Adam an Eve and then with All of his legacy until Noah. but even after noah men chose to follow satan and were always deceived

Answer 9

Adam and Eve were forgiven by God and accepted into His grace when they eventually repented and asked forgiveness of Him. Hence, no question arises of the transmission of the so-called original sin to Adam’s progeny.

Read this please {The Holy Qur'an}
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We had already, beforehand, taken the covenant of Adam, but he forgot: and We found on his part no firm resolve.
When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to Adam", they prostrated themselves, but not Iblis: he refused.
Then We said: "O Adam! verily, this is an enemy to thee and thy wife: so let him not get you both out of the Garden, so that thou art landed in misery.
"There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked,
"Nor to suffer from thirst, nor from the sun's heat."
But Satan whispered evil to him: he said, "O Adam! shall I lead thee to the Tree of Eternity and to a kingdom that never decays?"
In the result, they both ate of the tree, and so their nakedness appeared to them: they began to sew together, for their covering, leaves from the Garden: thus did Adam disobey his Lord, and allow himself to be seduced.
But his Lord chose him (for His Grace): He turned to him, and gave him Guidance.
}

Answer 10

after adam and eve ate the fruit.