RE: Eternal punishment is pointless.
November 28, 2014 at 6:06 pm
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2014 at 6:07 pm by Smaug.)
Quote:When you read the Old Testament in context without the influence of Christianity, there really isn't anything that indicates there is original sin.
I think it's more of a matter of tradition. Otherwise these chapters are very convinient to interpret in many ways. That's probably how Christians came up with the Original Sin in the first place (though I'd have to point out that I don't know whether there ever were similar Jewish interpretations or not). It isn't hard to interpret the text this way.