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Why do atheists think Original Sin isn't real?

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Why do atheists think Original Sin isn't real?
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RE: Why do atheists think Original Sin isn't real?
January 21, 2017 at 3:25 am
(January 21, 2017 at 12:13 am)pool the great Wrote: If you're born a human sooner or later you'll commit a sin. What's there to argue about?

(January 21, 2017 at 2:54 am)pool the great Wrote: So, yeah, what I've said in the OP. No idea why anyone would think the original sin doesn't make sense.

Quote:The doctrine of original sin holds that every person born into the world is tainted by the Fall such that all of humanity is ethically debilitated, and people are powerless to rehabilitate themselves, unless rescued by God.

http://www.theopedia.com/original-sin

It might have something to do with the fact that atheists aren't believers in God. Just a thought.

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RE: Why do atheists think Original Sin isn't real? - by Thumpalumpacus - January 21, 2017 at 3:25 am

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