#91
Re: The Original Sin
Sep 27th, 2011
Original sin is unknown in Judaism. Jesus was first and foremost a Jew and was emphatic on that point. The concept of Original sin appears to come from Paul the Apostle, who in my opinion was a woman hater. (He certainly was jealous of Jesus's relationship with Mary Magdelaine) It then developed further in the 2nd century in opposition to Gnostic dualism.
It describes the lack of the "state of holiness & perfect charity" into which humans are born.
How odd that inspite of trying for the stars, discovering the beginning of the formation of the Universe, steadily finding more and more clues to how life begins, we still need our fairy tales. When do you suppose, humanity will start researching the universal life/death/evolution cycle of which all existence is composed instead of forming yet more religions??
In this modern law as it is many other areas, much less contemptuous of life than the bible. Much better than some of the practices back then of limiting one's family.
What is this about Elections in a thread about Original sin??
It describes the lack of the "state of holiness & perfect charity" into which humans are born.
How odd that inspite of trying for the stars, discovering the beginning of the formation of the Universe, steadily finding more and more clues to how life begins, we still need our fairy tales. When do you suppose, humanity will start researching the universal life/death/evolution cycle of which all existence is composed instead of forming yet more religions??
Quote: Originally Posted by YukonJack
I noticed somewhere in here the claim that the bible states life begins at conception. Wrong. The bible states quite the opposite right from Genesis 2.7. Life begins with the first breath. See Job 33.4 or Ezekial 37: 5 & 6. Before that a fetus is merely tissue. A man may be obliged to pay a price to a husband or father, for taking the life of a woman but not for the loss of the unborn. JLM said:
"Yet they get aborted without having a say. Hyprocrisy runs rampant."
I would like to rephrase that - hopefully with JLM's approval: Yet they get executed, even before birth, in their mother's womb, without a trial.
Feels good to quote (at least partially) the KING of all hypocrites, SirJosephPorter, wherever he might be.
Does anyone think that he bailed here, because he did not want to eat crow seeing the results of the American Elections on November 2nd?
In this modern law as it is many other areas, much less contemptuous of life than the bible. Much better than some of the practices back then of limiting one's family.
What is this about Elections in a thread about Original sin??
