Gotta Love Original Sin (Ben)

Ben9275375@aol.com Ben9275375@aol.com
Mon, 13 Oct 1997 18:25:22 -0400 (EDT) (00876803122, 971013182221_-791826055@emout15.mail.aol.com) 

In a message dated 97-10-12 22:08:12 EDT, you write:

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 >
 >MATT
 >The only persons who were a direct creation of God were Adam and Eve. All
 >other humans have been indirectly created by Him through the reproductive
 >system.
 
 NANCY
 So when Cain married, he was either marrying his sister, or marrying a woman
 who was indirectly created by God through the biological reproduction of
 humans who came from . . . Uh, just where did those inhabitants of Nod come
 from>
 
 MATT
  When God created Adam and Eve they were without sin, perfect. Only
 >through their fall did sin enter into them and onwards into humanity. As
you
 >can see from this you do not have things straight.
 >
 >NANCY
 >Matt, if Adam and Eve were perfect, then how could they have sinned? How
did
 >they acquire their sinful nature if God didn't give it to them?
 >
 >MATT
 >Well, the answer to that would depend whether one was a Calvinist or an
 >Arminian. I would say that they acquired their sinful nature through
 >exercising their freewill against the directive of God.
 >
 >Thanks
 >Matt
 
 NANCY
 But if Adam and Eve were created perfect, without a sinful nature, how could
 they have sinned? How is it possible for a perfect being to sin? Can someone
 sin and still be perfect, or is not sinning an attribute of perfection?  You
 have not anwered the question of how a perfect Adam and Eve could have
sinned.
 
 Nor have you answered Till's question as to how this acquired characteristic
 of a sinful nature was passed on to A & E's offspring. 
 
 You do seem to be saying that Adam and Eve were created with the freewill to
 chose between not sinning and sinning, even though they had no knowledge of
 good and evil. How could they have exercised freewill to sin or not to sin
 if they didn't know good and evil?  >>


BEN
 Well, Nancy, this is just a question that no Christian can answer.  Because
it has no answer.  At least no true answer that is consistent with
Christianity.  Period.

Ben
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