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Who and when did the idea of original sin or children born evil begin and is it scriptural?
Lilwolf53
The words "original sin" are not in The Bible, but the idea certainly is there.
The first indication of original sin is in Genesis 5:1-3. God created mankind in God's own image, but after Adam and Eve's disobedience in the Garden of Eden, their children were not born in God's image, but in the sinful image of Adam.
Psalm 51:5 adds King David's words that "I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me" (NKJV).
The New Testament book of Romans (chapter 5) explains how Adam's sin affected all of his offspring.
Saint Augustine of Hippo was the first to put the idea of Original Sin in a systematic form; but the idea is in the Bible from the very beginning of it's pages.
In a very practical sense, the idea of Original Sin can be seen around you each day. No one needs to teach a child to be selfish, or to lie, or disobey their parents; children are conceived sinful.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThough Tertullian was said to allude to 'original sin,' many point to the Origen Homilies on Leviticus 8, circa 248 AD as the first to express the idea of each of us being born with the sin of Adam - original sin. The concept which evolved into a doctrine (actually a theory) was further developed by Augustine and others to its present form. It is not Scriptural but a manmade interpretation of verses in the Bible wedded to pagan philosophical ideas.
We humans certainly have the propensity to become sinners in life and the Bible tells us all have in their lifetimes. This is why human parents are told to train up or teach their children in the right ways and not to provoke them to wrath - causing sin (see Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4). Children are a blessing from God and the Bible contains many Scripture about this (see Psalm 127:3-5 as example).
But the Bible has a very different approach to this so called 'transmittal' of sinfulness. Jesus Himself told us that we should all behave as 'innocent' children - that sin is a learned event many times through our own ignorance and other times through our human foibles:
Matthew 18:1-5New King James Version (NKJV)
Who Is the Greatest?18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.
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