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According to Catholicism, was Adam with Eve when the serpent tempted her?
Genesis 3 says that the serpent addressed the woman:
Gen. 3:1 "the serpent […] said to the woman"
Gen. 3:4 "the serpent said to the woman"
Gen. 3:6 is that chapter's first ...
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For those who believe there was no historical Adam and Eve, how does Christianity make sense?
How can Christianity make sense without a literal Adam and Eve? I have heard many Christians (particularly Catholics) try and be conciliatory with modern science by claiming that Adam and Eve were not ...
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At what moment did humans become sinful?
At what moment did humans become sinful? Precisely, at what moment did humans acquire sinful passions?
According to my knowledge of how the Eastern Orthodox Christians view the matter of sin, the sin ...
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How do proponents of Original Sin support a strictly literal interpretation of Genesis
Many modern theologians who adhere to the doctrine of original sin are often proponents of the claim that Genesis is to be interpreted strictly literally (most strictly as a 7 day creation of a young ...
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What caused the Fall of Mankind?
Was the fall initiated by a transgression of faith, because man trusted the word of the serpent more than the word of God, or was it a transgression of God’s law (an act of disobedience)?
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Why is the curse of original sin not specific to humans?
From what I learned in church the whole world "fell" after Adam sinned.
Now the typical question is why should everyone have to pay the price and is usually answered by we would have done the same if ...
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If Genesis is not to be taken literally by the Roman Catholics, what is the basis of the original sin?
According to this answer, Genesis is not to be taken literally by the Roman Catholic church due to the scientific evidence contradicting it. In this view, what is the basis of the original sin?
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Genesis 3, original sin and mortality
I'm currently doing some research for a Church project and next week we are covering creation. While looking at creation, I came across an interesting tidbit that I've never actually thought about ...
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