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Why did Eve say that "touching" the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil would kill you?
The reason for my question is there seems to be a change from what the scripture states as to what God told Adam about the same tree. I couldn't find where God specifically told Adam that touching it ...
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What is John Wesley's belief about imputation of guilt?
There are some that seem to say that he doesn't and then some seems to say that he does (p.19) so I wonder what is going on here. I understand that there are different kinds of ways to explain how ...
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What is the difference between original sin and original guilt?
This is a question that every convert to Eastern Orthodoxy always asked. The question can be stated differently: Does the Catholic doctrine of Original Sin include Original Guilt? Fr. John Romanides ...
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Inheritance of original sin
I was reading the answers to How is original sin transmitted?, when it occurred to me: isn't this contrary to scripture? Specifically:
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. The ...
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How do the Catholic and Orthodox views of original sin differ?
While reading about original sin, I often read that the Catholic and Orthodox churches disagree on the doctrine of original sin. But as far as I can tell, they both reject the idea that mankind ...
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Why has God punished every human for one person's sin? [closed]
God expelled Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden because Eve ate the fruit that God told her not to. And this let evil into the world. If God loves everyone, so much so that he let his son die for us,...
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