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Line 1: − + − One traditional interpretation is that Adam and Eve's disobedience to God's commands caused sin and death to enter the world. This sin was on the shoulders of all their descendants which was only bridged by the salvation offered by [[Jesus Christ]].+ − A more recent interpretation is that the entire story is a spiritually significant religious [[myth]] rather than a literal account of events. It can be seen as describing the growth of humanity from the status of animals with no moral sense or sense of their own mortality. Alternatively, it can bee seen as a description of the process of human maturation, which starts with a helpless and innocent child who goes through the process of individuation and separation from the family and become independent. + − ==References==+ − <references/>
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According to Christian dogma, '''Original sin''' is the state of being sinful into which all people are born<ref>Psalm 51:5</ref>. Original sin refers to the very first [[sin]], committed by [[Eve]] when she succumbed to the serpent's temptation in the [[Garden of Eden]]. Original sin is sometimes referred to as "the Fall". [[St. Augustine]] introduced original sin to Christians.
According to Christian theology, '''Original sin''' is the state of being sinful into which all people are born<ref>Psalm 51:5</ref>. Original sin refers to the very first [[sin]], committed by [[Adam]] and [[Eve]]. Original sin is sometimes referred to as "the Fall". [[St. Augustine]] introduced original sin to Christians.
For Christians, [[Paul]]'s discussion in Romans Chapter 5, v. 12 ''ff'' is operative:
<blockquote>Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.</blockquote>
Elsewhere, Paul discusses the idea that Adam and Eve, as sinless creatures of God, were immortal in the flesh. The consequence of their sin was death, mortality, a sentence they passed onto all their progeny. Jesus, as the [[New Adam]] was a new, sinless creation of man; while capable of sin, Jesus never sinned, and was therefore exempt from the death penalty. But he died, and quite horribly in fact. The why of the death of Christ is wrapped up in the doctrine of the [[Atonement]]; suffice to say Christ chose suffer the penalty of human sin as an atonement for it.