Could the origin of the idea of an "Original Sin" be the perception...

[Burl]

"Jesus instructed me in a beam of light" how often have we heard that one?

 

[First Baseman]

Thank you.
I understand the story and reject it as false.

That is exactly my point. Meaning you don't get it at all.

 

[sayak83]

That is exactly my point. Meaning you don't get it at all.

Nope. I understand and reject it as false.

 

[Riverwolf]

That is exactly my point. Meaning you don't get it at all.

I've heard that argument used before. "You don't like this thing that I like? Oh, you just don't get it. If you truly understood it, you'd love it as much as me."

 

[Thief]

... that we are all so reliant on the good will of others and end up corrupting each other when it is perceived as necessary for survival (or at least for some measure of security and confort)?

there is a first for every little thing

I find the Spanish literal translation says it all in a word..........without

believers lean to the notion that Man was perfect in the beginning
(I don't believe that)

Man did something he was told not to
(I don't believe that either)

but many think that first occasion would be the original sin
and now we are ....without.... God

sinners

 

[Sleeppy]

It came from observation. Cause and effect, being a chain that affects those generations after us.

 

[EtuMalku]

Original s


Original sin in my perception presented to me by Jesus is feelings, temptations and desires of our body. Put in simple for my tiny brain

Is there a question here?
How did 'Jesus' present this to you?

 

[idav]

... that we are all so reliant on the good will of others and end up corrupting each other when it is perceived as necessary for survival (or at least for some measure of security and confort)?

The idea of original sin is to say we are corrupt naturally. It isn't really a healthy outlook to begin with. It comes from a flawed premise that humans require saving from ourselves that can be only through god. Alcoholics anonymous uses the same premise. With that sometimes I find people may need to believe something is greater, but thats with the flawed premise, when it is entirely possible that this something "greater" has been within all along.

 

[First Baseman]

Nope. I understand and reject it as false.

Then believe in a lie.

I've heard that argument used before. "You don't like this thing that I like? Oh, you just don't get it. If you truly understood it, you'd love it as much as me."

That's not what the Bible says at all. It is the truth. You either choose to adhere to it or you do not. Pretty simple concept, really.

 

[Riverwolf]

That's not what the Bible says at all.

No, it's what you said.

It is the truth. You either choose to adhere to it or you do not. Pretty simple concept, really.

Simple, perhaps, but also inane.

I can just as easily tell you that Voluspa and Havamal are the truth, and you can either adhere to it or not. And there's just as much support for that statement as there is for yours. In fact, there's only two points of support: jack and squat. And Jack left town.