Original sin as inherited sin?

Question

Could original sin be viewed as responsibility inherited--not (only?) from biblical Adam and Eve--but from our forefathers, for example, a shared responsibility for slavery or damage to the environment? After all, we feel pride when we celebrate the doings of our forefathers on the Fourth of July.

Answer 1

When you are grown you have the ability to "Chose" to follow the same road your Fathers has followed, or change into a new person and do your own thing according to how you see fit.

To place blame on those before us for things that we knowingly do wrong is childish. "Free-Will in all things when you know right from wrong
We cannot change the past, but we can learn from it, for if we forget it then we are doomed to repeat it.

Answer 2

Original Sin is the sin of separation from God that was passed down to us from Adam and Eve when they were thrown out of the garden. It is not the same as the sins of the fathers. But I see your point and it is a good one. We all inherent the ills of the past and must do what we can to bring the world to a better place in the evolution of the human race.

Answer 3

Not really.

The state of Original Sin surrounds and affects every human being in the world. We do not inherit Original Sin by blood nor are we guilty of it.

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

I think the concept of original sin has lost its original meaning. I doubt if God meant that the sin itself is necessarily passed from one generation to the next etc. Instead (here I go interpreting the Bible again), I suspect it simply means that from that time until now, we are all going to be sinners because our enviornment is no long pure. Our parents sinned and they teach us to sin even if unintentionally.

Answer 5

I can't get behind that train of thought. We are all responsible for our own actions and we today have no responsibility for slavery, nor Adam and Eve's transgressions. Does that really make sense to you????

Answer 6

The person who sins will die. The son will Not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, Nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself." Ezekiel 18:20

Answer 7

It is not sin that is inherited, but the nature to sin. We must distinquish between the two.

Answer 8

Why do people use the phrase "original sin" ??? I don't remember seeing it in the Bible. Is there sin that's not "original"?

Answer 9

Can a son be charge for the crime of his father? If my father killed another man would I be held responsible? NO!

Answer 10

pride is a sin!!!