What on earth is Original Sin? I didn't do anything.?

Question

Do you believe that you are born a sinner?

Answer 1

Just as our predecessors physical traits are handed down by genetics and determine with certainty that we will die, we have inherited a spiritual flaw from our predecessors that inflict us with the same certainty, we will die.

Fortunately faith is provided by God to fix the spiritual defect.
The god of science has been unable to fix the physical defect.

Answer 2

This is what Jonathan Edwards said about it in his book "On Original Sin."

"By Original Sin, as the phrase has been most commonly used by divines, is meant the innate sinful depravity of the heart. But yet when the doctrine of original sin is spoken of, it is vulgarly understood in that latitude, which includes not only the depravity of nature, but the imputation of Adam's first sin; or, in other words, the liableness or exposedness of Adam's posterity, in the divine judgment, to partake of the punishment of that sin."

I do believe we all have a sinful disposition. Otherwise, I don't think sin would be so universal. I also believe we all partake in the punishment of Adam's sin, which is why we all live in an imperfect world full of every manner of suffering.

There are some people who take it a step farther and say that we have even inherited the guilt of Adam's sin, which is imputed to us. That, I'm not so sure about.

Answer 3

Christians believe that because of the Adam and Eve thing all of us are born into sin. I consider the Christian idea of sin like karma, you do something selfish or thoughtless you bring some amount of it back to you. Likewise with good things. God doesn't decide on a case by case basis, Karna does because its a tool of the divine. So "original sin " could be massive negative karma from the assumed original humans lives playing out on all of us.Since I'm not a hellfire breathing fundamental Christian I don't directly suffer the effects of their original sin, just whatever I happen to pick up on my own.

Answer 4

First off it depends on your religion if you believe in original sin. If your a christain it regards the condition of sinfulness in which people are born into. So basically lack of holiness, until you become baptised.

Second of all if you are christian your not a sinner, I guess. I'm not Christian, or anything else so therefore I do not believe in it

Answer 5

Think Adam and Eve the first sinners. Everyone after them is born into sin-like a legacy. All people are sinners. Shakespeare thought society corrupts people. Time has proven that even without a structured society people are going to be bad, bad, bad. Have you ever read"Lord of the Flies"?

Answer 6

Adam and Eve disobeying their god was the cause of the so called original sin. It is touted that everyone born from them [ and everyone on this planet supposedly did] - consequently have this sin upon them. Of course, that is ridiculous but the believers do believe it. It is one of the holds the church uses to keep their flocks under control. Without that peculiar sin the JC mysteries would be very worthless.

Answer 7

Original Sin, like many religious doctrines, is fairly useless if accepted as a literal explanation of the way things are. But like most religious doctrines, if you take the symbolism seriously and thoughtfully, you can find it has some deep truths contained in it.

For a full and detailed explanation of what the idea of "original sin" really tells us about human existence and society, I'd have to recommend you to this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Nature-Destiny-Man-Interpretation-Theological/dp/0664257097/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195786354&sr=1-3
It's the only sensible treatment of the topic I've found, but it's no light read either.

In a sense, it's a way of saying that all humanity is engaged in elevating it's own will above the harmonies of nature, and corrupting them, something no other species does.

Peace to you.

Answer 8

The story of Adam and Eve is often used in reference to this concept - either meaning disobediance or sexuality - but it is not related nor is it ever mentioned in biblical text. The term developed during the evolution of Christian doctrine as a teaching term about a common human psychological issue.

This is still commonly taught and the symbolism has been lost over time. I began to think about it when I was about seven after hearing it in church. Knowing that it couldn't apply to me, because I couldn't conceive of doing anything remotely bad, I began wondering what it really meant.

Sin is a sense of having done something unforgivable - shameful. Because of our survival system, humans are born susceptible to conditioning during early emotional development before the thinking brain is fully on line. The psychological significance of shame is that it holds one in an experience of reality that replicates the original shaming incident.

Every adept - Jesus included - has attempted to explain the nature of the relationship between being and reality, and how to transcend the conditioned identity (beliefs) in order to synchronize external reality to one's authentic self and purpose. The transcendence process is related to overcoming one's conditioned/indoctrinated identity (ego) for the purpose of controlling reality. The intersection of psychology and physics - how beliefs control perception and material reality.

Modern psychology has discovered that shame (the belief that one is irreversibly flawed in some particular way - religion's "sin") cannot be healed without reframing the original incident - the origin of the idea of sin.

Answer 9

You do not inherit the guilt but the effects and in Baptism we are purged of the "stain". It is the sin of the First Humans and brought about death as we knowit:death as alienation from God( spiritual death),nature,self and others.
Original sin is the selfishness,etc that and the disposition to sin and deceit that we have deep within us. we have from the beginning .
"Original Sin is the one doctrine that can be proved by looking in the mirror" GK Chesterton

Answer 10

You didn't do anything ... nor could you.

You come from a line of sinners who were swindled out of their birthright by satan, in ancient times, and have been enslaved to Satan, sin, and death ever since.

The offspring of slaves are born slaves, too.

That's the problem with original sin, and the only solution to the problem is Christ and his authentic church.

Answer 11

Here is the best way I know how to explain this;
IF you're mother has a disease that can 100percent be passed on to her baby, then there is no way around it.

This "passing on" of ORIGINAL SIN is of a spiritual and flesh nature; which means, Adam and Eve were the first to EVER disobey GOD among humanity, and this trait was INHERENTLY passed to all, there is NO way around it....
EXCEPT! You accept Jesus as the one who took the penalty for this ongoing sin, accept Him into your heart, your life, and make Him your ALL...if u fail to do this.....then there is no RECONCILIATION with GOD.
Besides, think about human nature, think about an infant, think about how you do EVERYTHING possible to never show that child "how to sin", yet the child will always think up manipulations regardless...such as seen in child's play, when one will not share with another, and haul off and SELFISHLY slug the other child.
WE as humankind do not have to be taught to sway perpetually AWAY from the GOODNESS and WILL OF GOD!
It is "THE BORN INTO SIN" nature of our flesh (our own self driven desires), that draws our hearts away from the holiness of God; apart from getting born again in Christ, and thus the indwelling Holy Spirits' residence in our souls....we will always head in the wrong direction. Because ONLY OUR CREATOR knows whats best for us, in ALL things...clearly....HE is our DAD! woot woot! AMEN! :)
God Bless you and draw you to the knowledge of Christ Jesus' SALVATION! ~7