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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
The original sin was Adam and Eve's disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden, when they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge and were expelled. This is the original sin of mankind, and it stains all of their progeny. Christ died to obtain forgiveness for mankind for this original sin, and so original sin can only be expunged by baptism in the Christian church (even catholics recognize the validity of baptism in all christian sects). Before the birth of christ, all otherwise virtuous people went to hell (or limbo, though that was abolished by the Pope in the '80s) to await his birth (he spent the 3 days between being crucified and appearing to his appostles - the first of which was Mary M, by the by) harrowing hell and releasing all the "virtuous pagans" from the confines of hell. Since his birth, anyone who wasn't baptized goes to hell no matter how virtuous they were. (No official word on unbaptized babies since limbo was abolished.)
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Thank you. Questions:
1)how did Mary's mom get an exception for the original sin deal?
2)was the "tree of knowledge" an actual tree or was this a metaphor? What was the fruit? Pomegranate? I thought they fucked and that was the problem, but also a necessity since they were the only two people around and had to do it. Which would make us all brothers and sisters- there , problem between catholics and protestants solved!
3) if Mary Magdalene was a prostitute (which I assume was a bad thing), how did she get such a high ranking gig?
4) I thought Jesus was put to death against his will, for his beliefs. Did he intend to expunge the sin or whatnot? DId he have a clue?
