Rabbi Sheldon Grafstein "We advocate no baggage of sin at birth?
and there is no fatal necessity (the Torah or Bible says )for a person to sin .
The Holy Scriptures
Psalm 51 "Behold I was brought forth in INIQUITY, AND IN
SIN DID MY MOTHER CONCEIVE ME and Jeremiah
complained (by the Spirit of G-d ) in the Scriptures- "The heart
is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly weak, who
can know it ? 17.9 Gosh look at history, rabbi, to see a
multitude of cases of man's selfishness, pride and rebellion--
other Hebrew prophets often point out that none are righteous
(right standing with the Father) and they declare the basic
heart of people to be wicked and it was predicted G-ds
Messiah would come and we would get new hearts and nature
free from G-ds punishment for our sins by the actions of His
suffering dying son (He paid the price !) Yes the whole
teachings and stories point to us humans being like the story
of Gomer !
2007-07-19 07:16:56 · 3 answers · asked by jon 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I believe a more appropriate forum for this would have been in "religion" not law enforcement!
2007-07-19 07:22:17 · answer #1 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some believe in Original Sin, and to those, this rabbi's position would appear wrong. I do not believe in Original Sin, so his position seems fine to me. I don't see any rationale for holding an infant responsible for the offenses of Adam, if such a person ever existed.
2007-07-25 08:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Atom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gomer who?
2007-07-19 14:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋