This is a post for those of you that don't believe in original sin. Background: I was reading a post in which a christian asked for the Jewish opinion of original sin. I knew that Judaism rejects that notion - not the notion of sinning itself, but the notion that mankind is born sinful. It reminded me of the troubles I have with original sin, hence ( Read more... )

In my earlier post I mentioned how the Holy Father had discussed original sin three different times in eight days. Two of those were in his ongoing catechesis on Saint Paul, and the third is his preemptively released Message for the World Day of Peace, a message released by the Roman Pontiff every January 1, but the advanced text was released on ( Read more... )

Ok, there is probably something in the archives, but is it gonna tell me what I want to know ( Read more... )

Recently someone here posted a quiz on heresies, and though I came up as a non-heretic, I also scored somewhat high (70%) on Pelagianism. I've looked up this particular heresy and I was a bit puzzled - apart from one thing I reject all of pelagianism ( Read more... )

So, I'm no theology master or anything. And I know some people don't like Original Sin ( Read more... )

As a former Christian, I feel like I should understand this far better than I do. I do understand it to some extent, but past discussions have made me think I'm missing something. So ( Read more... )

1. I can't think of the exact words, but I know there's a verse that says something to the effect that we often go through hardships so that we can minister to others going through similar hardships. Any clue what I'm saying ( Read more... )