Message #899

[JJ]

Sin - innate or learned?

i noticed that the originator of this line was going off on one on post 1 whilst me i got waylaid on the title .....  thinking quite plainly: yer wot!?

Quite simple, ecu.  Innate means part of our make-up, which is what those who believe in 'original sin' or the fall of humanity in the way outlined in the story of the Garden of Eden would argue, or is evil something that a chilkd has no knowledge of when born but learns through their early life - suggesting that someone is necessarily teaching them to do wrong (which most parents would argue isn't them).

Just want to point out that people aren't necessarily taught to do wrong at all.  Mostly it's the result of imperfect conditions whether that's parenting or circumstantial.