(December 13, 2015 at 2:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 13, 2015 at 2:07 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Perhaps you should answer his point? Part of Original Sin -- our "fallen state" -- is death. As your own catechism states, Original Sin is not an act but rather a condition. It is clear that if your god wanted to do so, he could heal humankind of this fallen state (as you believe he did with Mary). The fact is that you believe your god himself invented death -- when he had the power to instead impart immortality. To then turn around and protest someone's hypothetical wish for the death of others even as you worship the Author of Death is the weakness his point is aimed at.
As for the story of Eve eating the apple, I've talked many times about how neither me nor the majority of Catholics see this story as a literal one. It's more a symbolism of human sin, free will, and the fact that none of us is perfect and will inevitably do things wrong sometimes.
Your ability to understand your religious beliefs allegorically is a great advance over the bullocks we hear from baser forms of protestantism all the time around here. But tell me, why isn't resurrection and after life understood in the same allegorical way? I'm sure it is by plenty of catholics, especially the better educated ones. This is what allows 'believers' to be as unfettered by their beliefs as any atheist. I just wish it was more common.
