Mowata
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- Posted: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:05:51 +0000
blackheartgirl2
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Yes and no...
I don't think of it in a legalistic way. That is, original "sin" but not inherited guilt. The idea of an inherited sinful nature, to me, is not about being guilty because of something other people did (by legalistic, I mean the idea of being born with a debt that needs to be paid). What is inherited is a distorted nature. This makes more sense to me... after all, nobody is directly responsible in terms of guilt for the mistakes of their parents, but your parents mistakes still affect who you are as a person and your life.
I hope that makes sense. If not, feel free to ask.
I don't think of it in a legalistic way. That is, original "sin" but not inherited guilt. The idea of an inherited sinful nature, to me, is not about being guilty because of something other people did (by legalistic, I mean the idea of being born with a debt that needs to be paid). What is inherited is a distorted nature. This makes more sense to me... after all, nobody is directly responsible in terms of guilt for the mistakes of their parents, but your parents mistakes still affect who you are as a person and your life.
I hope that makes sense. If not, feel free to ask.
This, more or less. We aren't guiltily of the sins of Adam and Eve, however the repercussions of their sin has, sadly, caused us all to be born into sin. That is to say, we are no longer perfect and are sinful in nature.
But adam and eve could not have been perfect then either because they sinned.
They were not afterward. The whole "perfection", definition is applied because when they were created, they had never once sinned. Not in any way ,shape or form. So they were perfect. They were created as perfect beings, without sin, and more or less had the decision to screw it all up., which they did.