From: alarm@yabbs
To: Badger01@yabbs
Subject: re: Just a thought
Date: Fri Jul 29 19:10:55 1994
Badger01 said,
>The bible mentions Original sin.

Actually, it does not use the words Original sin. The word Original never 
occurs in the Bible. (I looked it up in a concordance.) The concept of 
original sin was thought up by theologians like Augustine. Biblically 
speaking though, the Bible does say that all have sinned and come short of 
the glory of God. It also says that there is none righteous, no not one. 
And then of course there is the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis 
committing the first sin. So, in a way, you are right, the Bible does 
support your position.

Then again, I read something by William Willimon (I think) that said that 
he thinks that only Christians can really sin. What he meant was that only 
Christians know that they are sinning, or maybe it was that only 
Christians really face God with sin, the rest of the world just sort of 
goes about its own business without regard to how God is involved in their 
lives, whether good or bad. Actually, I should probably read the article 
again.  :)   I thought it was interesting.

sounding the
alarm