Padraic Brown skrev:
>
> _All_ people are born without sin. (The doctrine of "original sin" is
> of St. Augustine's devisement-- I'm surprised that you'd poo-poo one
> Catholic (unofficial) doctrine while accepting the other without
> question).
and what do you think then is the genealogy of the concept -- 'having
sin by default' / being imputed with sin from birth ?
> Sin comes in to play only when a person is capable of
> choosing to do evil and thus "separating themselves" from God by
> choosing against the right path.
i am not sure which defiition of 'sin' you use ;
the 'separation from God' sounds like the [layman's] Catholic
definition
The Ta****h speaks of `chet`
The NT speaks of `amartia`
Then there is the torah observant `nomos` definition simply as
`anomos`
Then of course there is the etymology of the word 'sin' in english.
