Sprintcyclist wrote on Apr 26
th, 2011 at 12:00am:
I have heard another christian say we are all born with sin, I did not like it and still disagree.
That baby has not sinned.
The consequenses of adam and eves sin will happen to that baby.
It'll grow old, get ill at times. make mistakes, it will siin in itself, and it will pass away.
That's a part of living on this world.
imho, the baby has not sinned.
The results of its' ancestors sinning will still occur though.
Had adam and eve not sinned, perhaps that baby would never get ill and never die ?
It'ld be perfect.
I had heard that some people take literal meaning from the bible, but I had hoped it was one of those myths you see on the internet.
WITHOUT TRYING TO BE TOO CONDESCENDING, IT HONESTLY DOES CONCERN ME TO KNOW THAT NORMAL, FUNCTIONAL, ADULT HUMANS, COULD BE OPERATING UNDER SUCH A BELIEF SYSTEM.
The basic premise that humanity had a perfect, temporal existence, with no pain, suffering, or death, given to them by a loving, benevolent creator, called, "God", to enjoy for eternity, but because a talking snake got a girl to eat an apple, he decided that now those creatures would be subject to a range of possible suffering that is so immense, it is doubtful whether any individual human could ever truly comprehend the multitude horrors that a man need to endure.
He did however promise that they had a chance to get back their perfect lives, if they devoted their lives to him, and has provided a whole network of spokesman who can tell you exactly what he wants you to do at all times, and how much you should pay for the privilege, but the suffering of this life is beyond your control, and random, and totally independent of any good or evil you may do. You could have lived a saintly life, and had the privilege to be disembowled and eaten alive by lions, or done nothing, other than been born to a poor african mother, and die of starvation before you could walk.
This randomly assigned suffering could be short lived, or life long, and lovingly bestowed upon you as the righteous punishment of a just god, for the whole talking snake affair, but if you get baptised, to wash away the original sin handed down to you because of that danged apple, and you are grateful to your benevolent god, he will reward you with an eternity of life without suffering.
Pity about the african baby that died, he is just shite out of luck.
Yeah, original sin, it makes sense if you really think about it.