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Originally Posted by Wizard-50
No more than we can will choose to sprout wings and fly. We are born into sin as a result of original sin.
Right. Asking someone to live a sinless life is as hopeless as asking them to fly. We are doomed for for not reaching an impossibility and the only way out is asking for forgiveness for not reaching that impossibility.
Its like God is asking me to fly and then when i cant him demanding i ask for forgiveness for not flying. Its messed up...
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That is not to say that we would not sin if we were in Adam's place.
That just makes things worse if all humans would of made the same choice. It means there was no real choice in the Garden either.
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And God has provided us with an easier way to receive eternal life.
Thats actually not as easy as you make it out to be. The belief only view of salvation is far harder then some other versions salvation in Christianity and Judaism. From my view God/Jesus asking me to believe in him is like asking me to fly.