denominational tradition and simply holding to hating God outright,
even Atheism and every other sort of ' ism ' there is, does not annul
what actively resides in us and is called Original Sin.

this much hated term and the doctrine from which it springs is not
found in the Bible under that term, but is labeled such by the
doctrine of man as it's found in the first few chapters of Genesis.

here we have our first parents, being warned beforehand of the
consequences, not to take from the Tree and eat, but from which Adam
did, under the self-delusion of grandeur, as Adam supposed he could be
" like God, knowing good and evil. "

immediately, their eyes were opened into darkness... the Lord God
became unapproachable... personal misery followed.

Adam, of his own free will, chose disobedience to God in favor of
obedience to Satan. this darkness and alienation from God is passed
on to Adam's posterity... and is called Original Sin.

... an evil tree can not bear good fruit ( Mt. 7:17,18 )

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Original Sin's a concept with which it's hard to grapple,
An awful heap of pious crap about a lousy apple
One wonders if the Good Lord would have been, well, far less vexed
If Eve had used her mouth for giving Adam oral sex
The problem with most Christians is that you can never win
Apples or a blow job both seem to count as sin
So thou shouldst all be careful that if Jesus comes to save thee
He finds thee playing all alone upon thy ukelele.