Original Sin

MORE PROCRASTINATIONS!!! (This is what happens when I try to study Theology while listening to some good kick back music, Oh well)

Original sin Vs. actualized Sin
All sin originates in the ability of man to choose. With out choice we could not sin. But our ability to choose is dependent upon, or varied by the state of our holistic human package. Our physical limitations, spiritual, mental, emotional, etc., all have affect on how we make our certain decisions. This is not to put the blame of our sin on our current condition, some of that is a result of previous choices. The reason that sin is still our fault and we are still to blame for each and every sin committed, from birth to death,(this I am not firm on but will assert for the purpose of this thought process) Is very simply because we are created in god's image, but are not God himself. God admits himself that he is a jealous God. If I am made similar to God and yet are not God then my inclination to be praised,as God is, becomes sin due to the fact that I am desiring praise for myself rather than God. This is why pride is the root of all sin, and Praise is the highest end of man. This still leaves the issue of my assertions about sin from birth. An infant is a human, just as much a human as I am compared to any other. The major differences can be equated to the same basic principles. We are all at different stages in our various realms of development. The more I go through life the more I realize that there is not a point when you cease to develop. One is always in progress in life. Am I saying that an infant can sin just as an 'adult' can? Maybe. Obviously intention and repercussion are different in the actions of infants, but in proportion to their development, as in all people. Or maybe it is just possible for an infant to sin but never does. This plays very well for understanding the salvation of an infant. But, then this means that we have many other humans that live sinless live other than Jesus himself. That may or may not be a problem. Maybe choice is original sin. the sheer ability for man to choose is sin itself. But then we must believe that Jesus could not sin, and God purposely created us to sin. (rather than creating with the possibility to sin and it ultimately being our decision) Another options is that we were created with the choice and with out the deity and that makes our ability to choose original sin. This still means that God created us that way intentionally (I am not asserting that God never thought that we would sin, or that he was surprised at the first sin) Or, original sin carries no repercussions, then it wouldn't really be sin though.

That's it, these thoughts are in progress.....I'll go back to studying now.....