Over the years Christians have interpreted and reinterpreted the Bible in many different ways and these interpretations have led to several explanations for the origin of sin. Sin is one quarter of what is known to Christians as the 'Human Condition' which consists of sin, alienation, suffering and death. In biblical terms sin is seen as a deviation from the right or true path, or as a rebellion against God. In the Old Testament the …showed first 75 words of 1398 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1398 total…an agnostic my opinion on sin sways toward the Pelagian theory and is simply this: people are born with free will. Whether or not a person sins is entirely up to them, although that choice may be influenced by various outside factors - the way a person has been brought up for example. Nonetheless sin comes from within each individual's mind and so the individual is to blame and not God, or Adam and Eve.