I asked my mom, but she didn’t have an answer for me.

@Noelegy

I would have liked to see that, Jack Chick is a major douche.

you’d think religion might teach us how to spell.

We are subject to original sin in that we are obligated to remember that it is because of the sacrifice of Jesus that we are free from it. Yes it applies, but because of the Lord’s mercy its debt is paid.

Simple.

Ummm, simply put, no, this is not current (or past) teaching of the Catholic Church. The teaching is along the lines of “we do not know and have to trust that God is merciful and just in such issues”. There had been in the past some Church theologians (notably Augustine) theorizing on the *potential* existence of a “Limbo” (which is a nice place, not damnation, but not heaven either) for unbaptized babies, but this has never been official doctrine.

There was a papal document in 2007 called ‘The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die without Being Baptized’ which includes the following ” …give serious theological and liturgical grounds for hope that unbaptized infants who die will be saved and enjoy the beatific vision. We emphasize that these are reasons for prayerful hope, rather than grounds for sure knowledge.” Google it if you like…

So Anthony was speaking from his rectum.

Original sin was Adam’s and Eve’s eating of the fruit of the tee of knowledge, against God’s orders. This got ‘em kicked out of paradise, and tainted every human sould from there on out.

According to the church, Jesus made it possible for us to avoid damnation and, by god’s grace, go to heaven. Baptism washes away original sin, and going to confession and atoning lets us cleanse ourselves of the the sins we commit in life.

So basically, original sin is why the unbaptized can’t go to heaven. Accordng to the Catholic church, even unbaptized babies are damned. This creates a whole host of interesting debates all its own.

If I told you that my religion teaches “The apple told the serpent to eat Eve, and therefore all animals are sinners” you would think I was crazy.

The “Writing…” paragraph is the second paragraph at the “link” link. The “Just…” paragraph is the sixth one.

???

And I’d rather follow the modern lemmings than the medieval ones you follow.

What kind of religion is that…?

And because the Humans are the True Children of God, made in His Likeness (or something like that- I don’t know the English way of saying that), they are the Masters and Caretakers of the planet and all its inhabitants in the Name of God.

Yes Christ has died for our sins and we’re still subject to the Original Sin- He only Saved us from eternal Damnation and premature Loss to the Last Judgement. Since He died for our Sins, we have a point of reference to judge our own behavior and to correct ourselves before we condemn ourselves to Eternal Damnation by our Sins….

I am sorry- This all is the Load of Crap that I learnt in Christian school….

Aliens may be free from original sin…

But if further exploration of whatever we could have access to finds a common link between whatever life can be found elsewhere and what we’ve got here… (Panspermia)

We’d STILL be subject to original sin?

Then again, using logic within religion is pretty much why ‘dogma’ has a dual meaning, each contradicting or reflecting badly upon the other…

…..i grew up Catholic, so stuff like this should surprise me….but wow. if they start offering Kool-Aid at service, don’t drink it!