The reason we are all born with the stain of original sin is not because Adam and Eve disobeyed God, but because originally Christianity had decided that sex itself was a sin, one for which god could forgive only because he could use the fruit of that sin to create the “gift” of life (although thanks mostly to Christianity, most people would describe such a gift as more of a curse).
We are all “born” with the stain of original sin, in short, because Christianity originally saw sex itself as the sin from which all life necessarily originates. This is why Jesus had to be born a virgin, and why his conception without the physical act of coitus was necessary to ensure that he was born without the stain of “original sin” like everyone else. It is also why Mary had to remain “ever virgin,” lest should would never have been save from the clutches of death and allowed to ascend bodily into heaven.
Unlike the rest of us, Jesus is “believed” not to have originated from sex, but from a god. After all, if sex was not the offending activity, then why induce Mary to conceive without consummating her own marriage to Joseph, which only ensured that Jesus was born just as much of a bastard as Jon Snow.
We are all “born” with the stain of original sin, in short, because Christianity originally saw sex itself as the sin from which all life necessarily originates. This is why Jesus had to be born a virgin, and why his conception without the physical act of coitus was necessary to ensure that he was born without the stain of “original sin” like everyone else. It is also why Mary had to remain “ever virgin,” lest should would never have been save from the clutches of death and allowed to ascend bodily into heaven.
Unlike the rest of us, Jesus is “believed” not to have originated from sex, but from a god. After all, if sex was not the offending activity, then why induce Mary to conceive without consummating her own marriage to Joseph, which only ensured that Jesus was born just as much of a bastard as Jon Snow.
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