Should all people be blamed for Adam's sin?

[polonius]

At the beginning of the Bible, we are told that Adam and Eve sinned. ("Original Sin")

And all future generations inherited their guilt.

Is that true?

And wasn't that rather unjust of God?

[ttruscott]

At the beginning of the Bible, we are told that Adam and Eve sinned. ("Original Sin")

And all future generations inherited their guilt.

Is that true?

And wasn't that rather unjust of God?

I don't think it is true that we inherited Adam's sin like Calvinists, Arminians and Roman Catholics do. I reject it because

1. It makes GOD responsible for us being sinners by making us human in Adam's sin and therefore we are not guilty for our own sin but Adam and GOD are. This supposes HE could have made us innocent and allowed us to sin by our own free will like HE did for Adam an argument for which I've never heard any rebuttal why HE couldn't create us like Adam being offered.

2. Necessitates that the GOD who is loving and righteous created evil.

3. Implies that HE created the people HE wanted for HIS bride as evil scum, equal to the most degenerate of HIS creation (and not by their choice but by HIS creation) and then went to all the trouble and suffering of this earthly life to redeem them so HE could finally marry them!

Who can believe this blasphemy????

[postroad]

[Replying to post 2 by ttruscott]
Is it harder to believe than the concept that every Jew is under the Law because some distant ancestors spoke on his behalf?

[ttruscott]

[Replying to post 2 by ttruscott]
Is it harder to believe than the concept that every Jew is under the Law because some distant ancestors spoke on his behalf?

There is no blasphemy in accepting that so why not believe it?

[postroad]

[Replying to post 3 by postroad]


You do not see the irony at all?


















i

[marco]

At the beginning of the Bible, we are told that Adam and Eve sinned. ("Original Sin")

And all future generations inherited their guilt.

Is that true?

And wasn't that rather unjust of God?

That interpretation is certainly steeped in unfairness. But it enabled a huge theology to bloom around Christ's redemption.

The Genesis scenario is imaginative and figurative, since nobody witnessed it, and so it would be absurd to extract consequences from a figure of speech.

[Peds nurse]

The Genesis scenario is imaginative and figurative, since nobody witnessed it, and so it would be absurd to extract consequences from a figure of speech.

Warmest greetings, my fine fellow debater!!

So, all things not witnessed are imaginative and figurative, or does that apply to only spiritual matters? I just would like to clarify!!

Blessings for a wonderful day, for a pretty wonderful guy!!

[postroad]

The Genesis scenario is imaginative and figurative, since nobody witnessed it, and so it would be absurd to extract consequences from a figure of speech.

Warmest greetings, my fine fellow debater!!

So, all things not witnessed are imaginative and figurative, or does that apply to only spiritual matters? I just would like to clarify!!

Blessings for a wonderful day, for a pretty wonderful guy!!

Could I cut in here?

Many things not visible can be demonstrated to be probable using the scientific method.

Would you abandon your beliefs if they failed the scientific test?

[Peds nurse]

The Genesis scenario is imaginative and figurative, since nobody witnessed it, and so it would be absurd to extract consequences from a figure of speech.

Warmest greetings, my fine fellow debater!!

So, all things not witnessed are imaginative and figurative, or does that apply to only spiritual matters? I just would like to clarify!!

Blessings for a wonderful day, for a pretty wonderful guy!!

Could I cut in here?

Many things not visible can be demonstrated to be probable using the scientific method.

Would you abandon your beliefs if they failed the scientific test?

You absolutely can cut in Hello Postroad!! I hope this finds you well!

The answer to your question isn't absolute. I realize that science would say that donkeys cannot talk...completely understandable! I actually, would agree. However, considering the power of God, it certainly is possible.

Perhaps, the example above isn't what you were talking about at all...so I look forward to your clarification!

[polonius]

The Genesis scenario is imaginative and figurative, since nobody witnessed it, and so it would be absurd to extract consequences from a figure of speech.

Warmest greetings, my fine fellow debater!!

So, all things not witnessed are imaginative and figurative, or does that apply to only spiritual matters? I just would like to clarify!!

Blessings for a wonderful day, for a pretty wonderful guy!!

RESPONSE: If something is not witnessed then there is no proof that it occurred. It's called reality checking.