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Further, if Jesus was a sinner as you say and I agree, can a sinner just decide to forgive himself, or is it the victim of that sin that has the ability to forgive it? Regards DL That is an interesting question, and I would answer "No", if what you do creates consequences that affect othe...

The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice. [Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason] This is not a Biblical declaration. Sin is not passed down. The guilt is. Moral justice is relative. The Biblical inheritance of gu...

Hi new guy. So many assumptions. What do you mean when you say we inherit sin? Hello Gnostic Bishop, Nice to be here. What assumptions have I made? I didn't say 'we' inherit sin. I said Jesus did, or saw himself as having done so. Regarding your two Old Testament quotes (you give Ezekial 18:20 twic...

What is "the golden rule" of commandment 3?

I pointed out that your statement that Eve "was innocent of sin as she did not have any evil intent" ignored the sequence of events. Eve had the knowledge of good and evil when she offered the fruit to Adam. Whether she was acting in evil thoughts or with good intentions is indifferent to ...

Jesus was a sinner, or saw himself as one. He was descended from Adam. He inherited the sin from the first man. The Gospels tell us that John the Baptist preached to the people, and they came to him to confess their sins, and to seek forgiveness through baptism (Luke 3:3). Jesus too came to John the...

In the story, Eve ate the fruit first and then offered it to Adam. Therefore she stood in the same relationship to Adam as the serpent did to her. As such, she was not 'innocent' when she offered Adam the fruit. Once she had tasted the fruit, she had the knowledge of good and evil, so she knew that ...