re the doctrine of original sin eugene bigelow writes doesn t the bible say that god is a fair god sic if this is true how can this possibly be fair to the infants andrew byler writes what do you mean fair god is just giving to everyone what they deserve as all infants are in sin from the time of conception cf romans psalm they cannot possibly merit heaven and as purgatory is for the purging of temporal punishment and venial sins it is impossible that origianl sin can be forgiven 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
