RE: Why do atheists think Original Sin isn't real?
January 21, 2017 at 4:39 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2017 at 4:48 pm by Mr Greene.)
(January 21, 2017 at 9:15 am)pool the great Wrote:(January 21, 2017 at 7:38 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Everyone is born a sinner? How can a new born baby have committed a sin, it hasn't had chance to do anything yet.
Blaming a new born for the "sins" of his/her ancestors is the kind of thing a cruel and stupid god would do, if that's the case I want nothing to do with this nasty cruel god thing.
The point is, even the little baby will at some point commit sin. There is a gravitation for humans to commit sin.
No;
Quote:Original sin may be taken to mean: (1) the sin that Adam committed; (2) a consequence of this first sin, the hereditary stain with which we are born on account of our origin or descent from .The concept that you are guilty of something your (mythological) ancestor did at birth is utterly abhorrent.
By this reckoning every German is guilty of Nazi war crimes (and will be in perpetuity). Every African is guilty of cannibalism. Every Scandinavian is guilty of the Vikings massacres. Every American is guilty of slaughtering the Sioux.
This way lies insanity...
The presumption of guilt, let alone guilt by association, is wrong. Show me how it could be otherwise.
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?-Esquilax
Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
