Inherited Sin as taught by the Christian Church is False

As you (the reader) will see, It will become evident that he has not done his homework on this topic. Let us investigate : 1- What is the doctrine of Original sin ( Inherited sin) ? My opponent puts forward this extremely incorrect definition of the doctrine : "The doctrine teaches that we are all condemned to the most painful punishment ( burning in hell ) for something that we did not even do! Even children are guilty of a crime that they did not commit. " This is completely false. The doctrine of original/inherited sin is nothing like this at all. This definition begs me to question if my opponent did any research on the topic at hand. This is the correct definition of the doctrine of Original sin ( Inherited sin) as taught by the church : Original sin may be taken to mean the sin that Adam committed, a consequence of this first sin, the hereditary stain with which we a born with on account of our origin or descent from Adam. Original sin is the general condition of sinfulness, that is ( the absence of holiness and perfect charity ) into which humans are born, distinct from the actual sins that a person commits. Human beings do not bear any "original guilt" (condemnation) from Adam's particular sin, which is his alone. Human beings bear no guilt/condemnation for the sin of Adam. ( www. en. m. wikipedia. org/wiki/Original_sin) It is vividly clear that my opponent has fatally misunderstood the doctrine of Original sin. His incorrect definition of the doctrine and the correct definition (as taught by the church) are completely contradictory. Consequently what my opponent perceives to be the doctrine of original sin is ,in fact, NOT the doctrine of original sin. As a result I will not address his arguments on the injustice of original sin because his arguments are focused on a doctrine that simply does not exist! 2- "Inherited sin is unbiblical" Well. .. this is true for my opponents false understanding of the doctrine. However this is not true for the actual doctrine of original sin as taught by the church. As is stated within the definition of the doctrine, the doctrine explicitly teaches that all human beings bear no guilt/condemnation of the sin of Adam. No human is condemned ( to hell ) for the sin of Adam, our father. A man bears the guilt of no one's sin but that of his own. Although original sin is hereditary, man is exclusively guilty of only his own sin. The evidence of this is in the scriptures , ironically , that my opponent quoted : The soul who sins is the one who will die. The son will not share the guilt of the father, nor will the father share the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous man will be credited to him, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against him. (Ezekiel 18:20) Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin. (Deuteronomy 24:16) Far be it from you to do such a thing- to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the judge of all earth do right? (Genesis 18:25) And the various other scriptures that my opponent mentioned. 3- "Neither Jesus nor His apostles even spoke of being born a sinner. " My opponent states : "Neither Jesus nor His apostles ever spoke of being born a sinner. They spoke of the agency of the devil to tempt and deceive and ruin men in sin. They knew all sin came freely and willfully giving into temptation, and that the devil was the enemy of God who seeks to deceive and destroy man who is the special creation of God. " This is true. My opponent however puts forward a whole argument and series of scriptural passages to argue against a doctrine (his definition of the doctrine of original sin) that does not exist. The doctrine of original sin teaches that which my opponent was stating. Man is NOT born with sin. The doctrine stipulates that man is born with a sinful nature (in a condition of sinfulness) , however man is born sinless. Hence man is sinless at birth but through his sinful nature (inherited from Adam) , he will be prone to sin at least once in his life. We are as a result slaves to sin. It is in our nature. This is evident as no man is sinless. Only Jesus was sinless, who was the Son of God and did not bear the sin of Adam. I will touch on Jesus more in the proceeding round. As a result I still hold my position that the doctrine of Inherited sin ( original sin ) as taught by the church is true. REFERENCES : *www. en. m. wikipedia. org/wiki/Original_sin *www. newadvent. org/cathen/11312a. htm