CHAPTER TWO
THE CONCEPT OF “ORIGINAL SIN”
“No bearer of burdens can bear the burdens of another…”
Qur’an 6:164
“…Every man shall be put to death for his own sin…”
Deuteronomy 24:16
One of the basic differences between Islam and Christianity is the nature of the way in which the two religions conceive the idea (or reality) of sin. In Islam, sin simply means an intentional (or an unintentional) slip or mistake that human beings do commit from time to time - or in other words an offence committed against their fellow humans, animals or against God - throughout their secular and(or) religious life. The idea of sin here (i.e. in Islam) implies disobedience to divine command(s) or injunctions that are set out by God or His prophets; or a misapplication of God’s command and(or) injunction by a created being - i.e. human beings. In Islam, sin arises due to man’s lower desires, and man’s weaker natures - like hunger, lust, etc. On the other hand, in Christianity, ‘sin came to the world (or arose) due to the transgression of the first human couples – i.e. Adam and Eve (See Genesis 3:1-24, and Romans 5:17),’ and therefore, “every human-being (Since all human’s are the progeny of these two couples) have sinneth and fallen short of the glory of God.” Hence, for the human race to be free from this sin, according to Christianity, a sacrifice must be made in order to atone for that sin committed by Adam and Eve. (See Romans 5:15-21; Romans 6:6; and Romans 6:23.) This is clearly in contrast to the Islamic view of ‘forgiveness of sins’ (See Holy Qur’an 39:53).
To begin with, let us start by analysing the dogma of the “originality of sin”. In Christian theology, this dogma is of vital and significant importance. In fact, it could be said that, logically, it is this dogma that makes a Christian a Christian, and a non-Christian a non-Christian. This is due to the fact that, in a logical sequence, the concept of Original sin implies the need for atonement, and atonement can be made possible only when the sacrificial lamb (i.e. the person to be sacrificed) is himself free from any sin. Thus, it is the need for atonement that conditioned Jesus Christ (AS) to be the divine son of God (and consequently God himself) - i.e. if he is to overcome death and subdue sin. In short, the ‘divine sonship of Christ (AS)’, ‘the dogma of the Trinity,’ and ‘the atonement of sins through the blood of Jesus Christ (AS)’ all arose due to the originality of sin in Christendom. However, one may ask, ‘how justifiable is it for one to inherit the sins that he was not responsible for?’ ‘Is that not tantamount to saying that God is unjust in His dealings?’ The zealous Christians have devised a scriptural basis to justify this by quoting: “… I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children… of those who hate me…” (Exodus 20:5) in order to prove their dogmatic postulate that, ‘people can (and have already) inherit sin from their parents.’ At this moment, I will like my Muslim reader to understand one basic thing, and that is: a Christian mind have been inoculated and conditioned since it’s early growth-years to accept the teaching that ‘all are sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God;’ ... and that anybody who want to re-programme the Christians’ mindset will strike against a brick wall. They were equally made to believe that: “only the blood of Jesus washes away sins.” (See Roman 3:10, 3:23, John 1:12, Romans 6:23 and I Corinthians 15:3-4.) Therefore, to the Christian, the concept of “Original sin” is not ominous at all. Our duty as Muslim is only to re-programme those innocuous Christians by either convincing them through reasoning and dialogue, or by implanting the seed of doubt (i.e. doubt on the authenticity of their beliefs) into their minds and wait for that seed-of-doubt to germinate and blossom into a mature seedling which we will nourish with the waters of reasoning and the fertilizers of facts and logic. At this point, let us look up to the ‘Holy’ Bible for our holy witness as to the authenticity of the dogma of the ‘Originality of sin.’
When we read Exodus 20:5-6, i.e. the proper context of the verse quoted above in support of the Christians’ assertion, we will come to regard the Christian clergy as the real masters of the art of deception - i.e. because they are good at quoting half-truths. On reading the half-quoted verse above in its proper context, we will be appalled to read:
“…I the lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the Children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love (i.e. loving kindness) for those who love Me and keep my commandments.”
This is the proper context as against the version that the Christians want us to accept. Thus, it is now explicitly clear that it is those member of “the third and fourth generation” who “hates God and disobeyed His commandments” that will be “visited” for their “iniquity”; while “thousands” among them who “love God and obeyed His commandments” will be shown “Loving kindness” by God. Hence, we may conclude that only those children that followed their fathers in committing sin against God will be punished from generation to generation; while all those children and(or) children’s children who loved God and obeyed His commands will equally have their reward with God. Nevertheless, let us still search for more concrete proofs against the dogma under analysis.
First, in the book of Deuteronomy, the Lord of horsts says:
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; everyman shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Deuteronomy 24:16
Then if the lord of horsts has so decreed that we can’t kill children for their parents’ sin, and that nor can we kill parents for their wards’ sin; then how could we condemn the entire human race for having inherited a sin that they have not committed? Why should we regard the sin committed by Adam and Eve as an “original sin” that is afflicting the whole of mankind, rather than regarding it as wholly their own “cup of tea”? How can we effect this transfer of sin, which God further says (i.e. in the book of Jeremiah) it is impossible? In the book of Jeremiah, Jehovah further says that:
“In those days (i.e. the last days) they shall no longer say: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ But every man shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set an edge.”
Jeremiah 31:29-30
This is another explicit denial of the dogma of ‘original sin’ by the bible (itself) as a fabricated hoax. This is because if every man must be tried and condemned for his own sins - as is the case with those whose teeth can only be set on edge if only they should eat sour grapes, then it follow that no one have ever inherited any sin from any one. In fact, it means that sin is (and was) never transferable.
The lord’s statement in the quoted verses from the book of Ezekiel - as shown below - is our third holy witness with which to prove how false and how illogical the ominous dogma of “Inherited sin” is even to the followers of the biblical-church.
“What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes…’? As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul that sin shall die.
“If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right…he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord God …
“Yet you say, ‘why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffers for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
“But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions of which he has committed shall be remembered against him for the righteousness which he has done, he shall live. HAVE I ANY PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, SAYS THE LORD GOD, AND NOT RATHER HE (i.e. the wicked) SHOULD TURN FROM HIS WAY (i.e. that of wickedness) AND LIVE?”
Ezekiel 18:2-23
Here, I will regard the above verses first, as excellent and beautiful. This is because they constitute an exactitude of what the Muslims’ point of view is with regard to the issue of sin and its so-called originality. An analysis of the above quoted verses will explicitly prove that:
i. As long as God lives - which He will always do - Israel shall no longer use the proverb of eating sour grapes to justify their unorthodox behaviour of punishing children for their parents’ evil deeds or vice-versa;
ii. That all souls belongs to God who will in turn punish all offending souls and reward all those obeying ones - i.e. on a strict personal merit basis;
iii. God too will not hold children in lieu of their parents, nor parents in lieu of their wards, but everyone for his own sins (doings);
iv. The lord forgives offenders their sins without remembering any sin against them, nor metering out punishment to any such offenders who sincerely repent to Him (and further, mend their ways); and
v. the lord doesn’t derive any benefit or pleasure in slaying offenders, but rather He prefer them to repent and live. Thus, it follows that the dogma of the originality (or inheritance) of sin is a hopeless, baseless and an illogical hoax; while the dogma of ‘atonement through the blood of Jesus Christ’ is yet another baseless hoax - i.e. as we will come to see later.
All these evidences may be swept aside by a cornered Christian as being worthless since they are drawn solely from the Old Testament. In view of this possibility, we will now turn our searchlight on the New Testament to achieve the same aim. From the Gospel “according to St. Matthew”, we read the following dialogue (i.e. between the master and his disciples).
DISCIPLES: “Master, who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
JESUS: (Called a child and put the child in the midst of his disciples and said)
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin (Greek: causes to stumble), it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
Matthew 18:1-6
The following basic points could be deduced from the short dialogue that was presented above.
a. Jesus’ answer to the question, ‘who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?’ was: “He who enters heaven as sinless as a child”; and
b. To cause a (sinless) child to commit sin (i.e. to stumble, in Greek), is a grievous sin.
We can then rationally conclude that:
i. Children are born sinless - which is the reason why none can enter Paradise unless (s)he becomes like a child; and
ii. It is the adults (or grownups) that do lead small children to committing sin, and that they will be punished for that.
Therefore, if the children are born sinless (according to Jesus Christ, AS), then we can conclude (with 100 percent degree of certainty) that they did not inherit a single stain of sin from their parents; and it implies that no one ever inherited any sin in the first place. See, also, Mark 10:13-16 for the same incident.
In another place, in the same book of Matthew, Jesus was reported to have said:
“For the son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of His father (i.e. in the Glory of God), and then he will repay every man for what he has done.”
Matthew 16:17
Here, Jesus was telling his disciples, and the whole of his true followers that, in the last day, he will come and judge every one of them according to what he has done during his life on earth - i.e. he (Jesus) will judge the good or bad works of people, and not the sins or good works that they have inherited from their parents. Therefore, it implies that inherited sin will not be considered at all on the Day of Judgment. Hence, inherited sin is of no importance and it is, therefore, a fabrication that was hoaxed in the history of Christianity. Also, see Revelation 22:12.
Paul who was the champion and the most ardent proponent of the dogma of inherited sin also confirms the above statement that was made by the Biblical Jesus (i.e. in the epistle of Paul to the Romans) when he says:
“For he (i.e. Jesus) will render unto everyman according to his work…”
Romans 2:6
As the above statement has been explained, I will not bother you with any unnecessary repetitions of doing so again. However, it is of import for us to know that even Paul himself - who was the self-acclaimed champion of the dogma of Inherited sin, and the atonement of all sin through the blood of Jesus Christ (AS, see Romans 1:12; 3:23; 6:23, and I Corinthians 15:3-4) - have clearly shown us the truth and thereby contradicting himself. Also, see I Corinthians 3:8 and II Corinthians 5:8. You see! Cunning leads to nothing but self-deceit and self-destruction. Therefore, you should have nothing more to do with the dogma of original sin. Consequently I will advise, my Christian brethren to drop the dogma now and accept what God, Jesus, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Paul have said regarding the concept of repentance and forgiveness of sin and its none-transferability.
As it is, one cannot tell what a cornered Christian might do! When cornered, the Christian become more cunning than ever, for they have been so programmed. However, our duty as Muslims is only to deliver the message; and it is God alone who can make any person to see the brightness of the Islamic light and accept that Islamic light as the true guidance for the conduct of his(their) life(ves). Therefore, as cunning as the Christians are, I know some of the cunning and craftily reverend fathers (or mothers) could make a twist of the whole argument by pointing out (to their followers, or listeners) that: “What the dogma of original sin is saying in essence is that everybody is born as a potential sinner, i.e. all have inherited (and are born with) the potentiality to commit sin from Adam and Eve; and not that everybody is born as an absolute sinner.”
Furthermore, in order to prove and defend their outdated religion from going into oblivion, they will say that: It is for the fact that man was born with carnal desires and instincts (that always leads him to sin) that the need for the cross arose; and that it is only the suffering by Jesus on the across and (subsequently) in hell that can take away the impact (or consequences) of such carnal desires and instincts that do lead man into sin. If that is the real picture, then let us follow the Christians in their own game - by accepting the new proposition that the term ‘Original sin’ really means the ‘potentiality in man to commit sin’. Then we can theorise as follows, “Mary (AS) also has inherited that stain ingrained in her and therefore Jesus Christ (AS) too have inherited the same stain from his mother (i.e. since ‘what is good for the goose is also good for the gander’).” Therefore, if this is the case, Jesus Christ cannot satisfy the requirements that are needed from the sacrificial lamb, the Chief of which is unblemishness - since he too is logically proven to be a sinner (i.e. one that has inherited the potentiality to commit sin from his mother) - May God forbid! Thus, it means that the Christians are still wallowing in the oceans of sin since the supposed atonement of sin by the blood of the Biblical Jesus Christ can, in no way, atone for the sin that he himself is a co-partner to. As simple as that, but if the Christians are stubborn enough they may still say they don’t agree. So let us catch them in their own lie. Our argument here will then be, ‘if Jesus has really atoned humanity of its sins on the cross, then it follows that the solution to that potentiality to commit sin have been administered in solving that same problem. Therefore, it followers that the potentiality to commit sin have been done away with, and it has become a thing of the past, long buried and long forgotten. My questions here are: Don’t we still have sin in the world? Are our new born still not born with that potentiality to commit sin? If the answers are all “yes”, then of what use was the atonement (or rather how effective is the remedy to sin that was administered by the atonement through the blood of Jesus Christ)? If the answers are “no”, then my brethren I say you are a bunch of mighty liars and a group of idealists rooming about in the distant nowhere that is called ‘fantasy land’. To end this chapter, let us see what the Holy Qur’an have to say.
“Say: ‘O my servant who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of God: for God forgives all sins: for He is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.’”
Holy Qur’an 39:53
Allah (SWA) also says:
“No bearer of burdens can bear the burdens of another.”
Holy Qur’an 6:164
In order to finally rest the matter, here is what Allah (S.W.A.) said when the first couples - i.e. Adam and Eve - disobeyed the injunctions of Allah that forbade them to eat of a certain tree that lies in heaven. He said thus:
“Then did Satan (i.e. the Devil) make them (i.e. Adam and Eve) slip from the (garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We (i.e. God) said: ‘Get you down, all (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling place and your means of Livelihood for a time.’
“Then learnt Adam from his lord words of Inspiration, and his Lord turned towards him, for He is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.’
“We (i.e. God) said: ‘Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. But those who reject faith and belie our signs they shall be companions of the fire; they shall abide therein.’ ”
Holy Qur’an 2:36-39
Such was the revelation of the truth, in the most beautiful language that befits only the Majesty of Allah to compose and(or) reveal.
THE CONCEPT OF “ORIGINAL SIN”
“No bearer of burdens can bear the burdens of another…”
Qur’an 6:164
“…Every man shall be put to death for his own sin…”
Deuteronomy 24:16
One of the basic differences between Islam and Christianity is the nature of the way in which the two religions conceive the idea (or reality) of sin. In Islam, sin simply means an intentional (or an unintentional) slip or mistake that human beings do commit from time to time - or in other words an offence committed against their fellow humans, animals or against God - throughout their secular and(or) religious life. The idea of sin here (i.e. in Islam) implies disobedience to divine command(s) or injunctions that are set out by God or His prophets; or a misapplication of God’s command and(or) injunction by a created being - i.e. human beings. In Islam, sin arises due to man’s lower desires, and man’s weaker natures - like hunger, lust, etc. On the other hand, in Christianity, ‘sin came to the world (or arose) due to the transgression of the first human couples – i.e. Adam and Eve (See Genesis 3:1-24, and Romans 5:17),’ and therefore, “every human-being (Since all human’s are the progeny of these two couples) have sinneth and fallen short of the glory of God.” Hence, for the human race to be free from this sin, according to Christianity, a sacrifice must be made in order to atone for that sin committed by Adam and Eve. (See Romans 5:15-21; Romans 6:6; and Romans 6:23.) This is clearly in contrast to the Islamic view of ‘forgiveness of sins’ (See Holy Qur’an 39:53).
To begin with, let us start by analysing the dogma of the “originality of sin”. In Christian theology, this dogma is of vital and significant importance. In fact, it could be said that, logically, it is this dogma that makes a Christian a Christian, and a non-Christian a non-Christian. This is due to the fact that, in a logical sequence, the concept of Original sin implies the need for atonement, and atonement can be made possible only when the sacrificial lamb (i.e. the person to be sacrificed) is himself free from any sin. Thus, it is the need for atonement that conditioned Jesus Christ (AS) to be the divine son of God (and consequently God himself) - i.e. if he is to overcome death and subdue sin. In short, the ‘divine sonship of Christ (AS)’, ‘the dogma of the Trinity,’ and ‘the atonement of sins through the blood of Jesus Christ (AS)’ all arose due to the originality of sin in Christendom. However, one may ask, ‘how justifiable is it for one to inherit the sins that he was not responsible for?’ ‘Is that not tantamount to saying that God is unjust in His dealings?’ The zealous Christians have devised a scriptural basis to justify this by quoting: “… I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children… of those who hate me…” (Exodus 20:5) in order to prove their dogmatic postulate that, ‘people can (and have already) inherit sin from their parents.’ At this moment, I will like my Muslim reader to understand one basic thing, and that is: a Christian mind have been inoculated and conditioned since it’s early growth-years to accept the teaching that ‘all are sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God;’ ... and that anybody who want to re-programme the Christians’ mindset will strike against a brick wall. They were equally made to believe that: “only the blood of Jesus washes away sins.” (See Roman 3:10, 3:23, John 1:12, Romans 6:23 and I Corinthians 15:3-4.) Therefore, to the Christian, the concept of “Original sin” is not ominous at all. Our duty as Muslim is only to re-programme those innocuous Christians by either convincing them through reasoning and dialogue, or by implanting the seed of doubt (i.e. doubt on the authenticity of their beliefs) into their minds and wait for that seed-of-doubt to germinate and blossom into a mature seedling which we will nourish with the waters of reasoning and the fertilizers of facts and logic. At this point, let us look up to the ‘Holy’ Bible for our holy witness as to the authenticity of the dogma of the ‘Originality of sin.’
When we read Exodus 20:5-6, i.e. the proper context of the verse quoted above in support of the Christians’ assertion, we will come to regard the Christian clergy as the real masters of the art of deception - i.e. because they are good at quoting half-truths. On reading the half-quoted verse above in its proper context, we will be appalled to read:
“…I the lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the Children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love (i.e. loving kindness) for those who love Me and keep my commandments.”
This is the proper context as against the version that the Christians want us to accept. Thus, it is now explicitly clear that it is those member of “the third and fourth generation” who “hates God and disobeyed His commandments” that will be “visited” for their “iniquity”; while “thousands” among them who “love God and obeyed His commandments” will be shown “Loving kindness” by God. Hence, we may conclude that only those children that followed their fathers in committing sin against God will be punished from generation to generation; while all those children and(or) children’s children who loved God and obeyed His commands will equally have their reward with God. Nevertheless, let us still search for more concrete proofs against the dogma under analysis.
First, in the book of Deuteronomy, the Lord of horsts says:
“The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; everyman shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Deuteronomy 24:16
Then if the lord of horsts has so decreed that we can’t kill children for their parents’ sin, and that nor can we kill parents for their wards’ sin; then how could we condemn the entire human race for having inherited a sin that they have not committed? Why should we regard the sin committed by Adam and Eve as an “original sin” that is afflicting the whole of mankind, rather than regarding it as wholly their own “cup of tea”? How can we effect this transfer of sin, which God further says (i.e. in the book of Jeremiah) it is impossible? In the book of Jeremiah, Jehovah further says that:
“In those days (i.e. the last days) they shall no longer say: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ But every man shall die for his own sin; each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set an edge.”
Jeremiah 31:29-30
This is another explicit denial of the dogma of ‘original sin’ by the bible (itself) as a fabricated hoax. This is because if every man must be tried and condemned for his own sins - as is the case with those whose teeth can only be set on edge if only they should eat sour grapes, then it follow that no one have ever inherited any sin from any one. In fact, it means that sin is (and was) never transferable.
The lord’s statement in the quoted verses from the book of Ezekiel - as shown below - is our third holy witness with which to prove how false and how illogical the ominous dogma of “Inherited sin” is even to the followers of the biblical-church.
“What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes…’? As I live, says the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul that sin shall die.
“If a man is righteous and does what is lawful and right…he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord God …
“Yet you say, ‘why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffers for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
“But if a wicked man turns away from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions of which he has committed shall be remembered against him for the righteousness which he has done, he shall live. HAVE I ANY PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF THE WICKED, SAYS THE LORD GOD, AND NOT RATHER HE (i.e. the wicked) SHOULD TURN FROM HIS WAY (i.e. that of wickedness) AND LIVE?”
Ezekiel 18:2-23
Here, I will regard the above verses first, as excellent and beautiful. This is because they constitute an exactitude of what the Muslims’ point of view is with regard to the issue of sin and its so-called originality. An analysis of the above quoted verses will explicitly prove that:
i. As long as God lives - which He will always do - Israel shall no longer use the proverb of eating sour grapes to justify their unorthodox behaviour of punishing children for their parents’ evil deeds or vice-versa;
ii. That all souls belongs to God who will in turn punish all offending souls and reward all those obeying ones - i.e. on a strict personal merit basis;
iii. God too will not hold children in lieu of their parents, nor parents in lieu of their wards, but everyone for his own sins (doings);
iv. The lord forgives offenders their sins without remembering any sin against them, nor metering out punishment to any such offenders who sincerely repent to Him (and further, mend their ways); and
v. the lord doesn’t derive any benefit or pleasure in slaying offenders, but rather He prefer them to repent and live. Thus, it follows that the dogma of the originality (or inheritance) of sin is a hopeless, baseless and an illogical hoax; while the dogma of ‘atonement through the blood of Jesus Christ’ is yet another baseless hoax - i.e. as we will come to see later.
All these evidences may be swept aside by a cornered Christian as being worthless since they are drawn solely from the Old Testament. In view of this possibility, we will now turn our searchlight on the New Testament to achieve the same aim. From the Gospel “according to St. Matthew”, we read the following dialogue (i.e. between the master and his disciples).
DISCIPLES: “Master, who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
JESUS: (Called a child and put the child in the midst of his disciples and said)
“Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin (Greek: causes to stumble), it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
Matthew 18:1-6
The following basic points could be deduced from the short dialogue that was presented above.
a. Jesus’ answer to the question, ‘who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?’ was: “He who enters heaven as sinless as a child”; and
b. To cause a (sinless) child to commit sin (i.e. to stumble, in Greek), is a grievous sin.
We can then rationally conclude that:
i. Children are born sinless - which is the reason why none can enter Paradise unless (s)he becomes like a child; and
ii. It is the adults (or grownups) that do lead small children to committing sin, and that they will be punished for that.
Therefore, if the children are born sinless (according to Jesus Christ, AS), then we can conclude (with 100 percent degree of certainty) that they did not inherit a single stain of sin from their parents; and it implies that no one ever inherited any sin in the first place. See, also, Mark 10:13-16 for the same incident.
In another place, in the same book of Matthew, Jesus was reported to have said:
“For the son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of His father (i.e. in the Glory of God), and then he will repay every man for what he has done.”
Matthew 16:17
Here, Jesus was telling his disciples, and the whole of his true followers that, in the last day, he will come and judge every one of them according to what he has done during his life on earth - i.e. he (Jesus) will judge the good or bad works of people, and not the sins or good works that they have inherited from their parents. Therefore, it implies that inherited sin will not be considered at all on the Day of Judgment. Hence, inherited sin is of no importance and it is, therefore, a fabrication that was hoaxed in the history of Christianity. Also, see Revelation 22:12.
Paul who was the champion and the most ardent proponent of the dogma of inherited sin also confirms the above statement that was made by the Biblical Jesus (i.e. in the epistle of Paul to the Romans) when he says:
“For he (i.e. Jesus) will render unto everyman according to his work…”
Romans 2:6
As the above statement has been explained, I will not bother you with any unnecessary repetitions of doing so again. However, it is of import for us to know that even Paul himself - who was the self-acclaimed champion of the dogma of Inherited sin, and the atonement of all sin through the blood of Jesus Christ (AS, see Romans 1:12; 3:23; 6:23, and I Corinthians 15:3-4) - have clearly shown us the truth and thereby contradicting himself. Also, see I Corinthians 3:8 and II Corinthians 5:8. You see! Cunning leads to nothing but self-deceit and self-destruction. Therefore, you should have nothing more to do with the dogma of original sin. Consequently I will advise, my Christian brethren to drop the dogma now and accept what God, Jesus, Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Paul have said regarding the concept of repentance and forgiveness of sin and its none-transferability.
As it is, one cannot tell what a cornered Christian might do! When cornered, the Christian become more cunning than ever, for they have been so programmed. However, our duty as Muslims is only to deliver the message; and it is God alone who can make any person to see the brightness of the Islamic light and accept that Islamic light as the true guidance for the conduct of his(their) life(ves). Therefore, as cunning as the Christians are, I know some of the cunning and craftily reverend fathers (or mothers) could make a twist of the whole argument by pointing out (to their followers, or listeners) that: “What the dogma of original sin is saying in essence is that everybody is born as a potential sinner, i.e. all have inherited (and are born with) the potentiality to commit sin from Adam and Eve; and not that everybody is born as an absolute sinner.”
Furthermore, in order to prove and defend their outdated religion from going into oblivion, they will say that: It is for the fact that man was born with carnal desires and instincts (that always leads him to sin) that the need for the cross arose; and that it is only the suffering by Jesus on the across and (subsequently) in hell that can take away the impact (or consequences) of such carnal desires and instincts that do lead man into sin. If that is the real picture, then let us follow the Christians in their own game - by accepting the new proposition that the term ‘Original sin’ really means the ‘potentiality in man to commit sin’. Then we can theorise as follows, “Mary (AS) also has inherited that stain ingrained in her and therefore Jesus Christ (AS) too have inherited the same stain from his mother (i.e. since ‘what is good for the goose is also good for the gander’).” Therefore, if this is the case, Jesus Christ cannot satisfy the requirements that are needed from the sacrificial lamb, the Chief of which is unblemishness - since he too is logically proven to be a sinner (i.e. one that has inherited the potentiality to commit sin from his mother) - May God forbid! Thus, it means that the Christians are still wallowing in the oceans of sin since the supposed atonement of sin by the blood of the Biblical Jesus Christ can, in no way, atone for the sin that he himself is a co-partner to. As simple as that, but if the Christians are stubborn enough they may still say they don’t agree. So let us catch them in their own lie. Our argument here will then be, ‘if Jesus has really atoned humanity of its sins on the cross, then it follows that the solution to that potentiality to commit sin have been administered in solving that same problem. Therefore, it followers that the potentiality to commit sin have been done away with, and it has become a thing of the past, long buried and long forgotten. My questions here are: Don’t we still have sin in the world? Are our new born still not born with that potentiality to commit sin? If the answers are all “yes”, then of what use was the atonement (or rather how effective is the remedy to sin that was administered by the atonement through the blood of Jesus Christ)? If the answers are “no”, then my brethren I say you are a bunch of mighty liars and a group of idealists rooming about in the distant nowhere that is called ‘fantasy land’. To end this chapter, let us see what the Holy Qur’an have to say.
“Say: ‘O my servant who have transgressed against their souls! Despair not of the Mercy of God: for God forgives all sins: for He is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.’”
Holy Qur’an 39:53
Allah (SWA) also says:
“No bearer of burdens can bear the burdens of another.”
Holy Qur’an 6:164
In order to finally rest the matter, here is what Allah (S.W.A.) said when the first couples - i.e. Adam and Eve - disobeyed the injunctions of Allah that forbade them to eat of a certain tree that lies in heaven. He said thus:
“Then did Satan (i.e. the Devil) make them (i.e. Adam and Eve) slip from the (garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We (i.e. God) said: ‘Get you down, all (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling place and your means of Livelihood for a time.’
“Then learnt Adam from his lord words of Inspiration, and his Lord turned towards him, for He is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.’
“We (i.e. God) said: ‘Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you guidance from Me, whosoever follows My Guidance, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. But those who reject faith and belie our signs they shall be companions of the fire; they shall abide therein.’ ”
Holy Qur’an 2:36-39
Such was the revelation of the truth, in the most beautiful language that befits only the Majesty of Allah to compose and(or) reveal.
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