re the doctrine of original sin in article may athos rutgers edu eugene bigelow ebay sun com writes as st augustine said i did not invent original sin which the catholic faith holds from ancient time but you who deny it without a doubt are a follower of a new heresy de nuptiis lib c why is it fair to punish you me and the rest of humanity because of what adam and eve did suppose your parents committed some crime before you were born and one day the cops come to your door and throw you in jail for it would you really think that is fair i know i wouldn t you may not think that it is fair but how many sins do you know of that affect only the sinner is it fair for us even to be able to get into heaven do we have a right to heaven even if we were to lead sinless lives anyway your argument seems to be saying if i were god i certainly wouldn t do things that way therefore god doesn t do things that way isaiah for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways saith the lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts original sin is biblical romans wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned for until the law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed when there is no law nevertheless death reigned from adam to moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of adam s transgression who is the figure of him that was to come corinthians for as in adam all die even so in christ shall all be made alive steve creps indiana university creps lateran ucs indiana edu
