What is Original Sin?

Question

Is it that we ate the apple, long ago... as almost-apes?

Or, are we eating the apple of our current lives, each day?

What was your original sin?

Answer 1

It is a Christian concept which lends itself to metaphorical contemplation of the consequences of deviating from the established norm.

Answer 2

The belief you mention is about Adam eating the forbidden fruit of the "knowledge of good and evil." By doing so he brought death upon himself; he was cast out of the garden and no longer had access to the "tree of life." He is now in captivity in the land of the dead. The name "Adam" is a word that means "mankind." The story is relating that man brought death upon himself by his own deed. Therefore, we're not being punished for a sin of our fathers; rather we're still experiencing the result of our own misdeed since we're all a part of mankind. Just because you don't remember it doesn't mean you weren't there. mine is eating grapes from a womens clevage

Answer 3

it goes back to the adam and eve story. ^_^

Answer 4

original sin is a concept made up by modern Christianity. read the Bible it isn't in there anywhere. theoretical question... If I rob a bank does it make any sense that my sin of robbing a bank would be passed on to my kid who did not rob a bank?