The Fallacy is Called Original Sin

Written by Mike DeSario

Edited by Nick Dreyer

Re-defined throughout history as: ‘Total Depravity, Moral Depravity, Fallen Nature, Dual Nature, Inbred Sin, and Born Sinner.”

Although such a notion has been proven beyond doubt to have been derived from Pagan origins, Original Sin was blended into Christian Doctrine beginning in 4^th-Century Rome by a man named Augustine. Before him, this fallacy was never taught among the Jews or the early Christians. As well, anything to do with a dual nature in man was intensely refuted as a gross error of the Gnostics. It is not necessary at this point to go into a long study of the history behind these things. Here I only wish to press the imperative of understanding how this horrible error of original sin has ruined Gospel preaching and attacked the physic of man at his most basic level of awareness and convinced him he lacks the ability to obey God. (Read About the History of Original Sin Doctrine)

Basically, being ‘Born a sinner’ means man has no free will to freely choose between right and wrong. There is no such thing as free will and God does it all for you.

T.U.L.I.P.

Below is the acronym T.U.L.I.P or the 5 points of Calvinism which is the reformed view of the Original Sin Doctrine:

Totally Depraved– dead in sin at birth, unable to stop sinning.

Unconditional Election– God chooses who is saved or condemned before He created them, despite anything they do.

Limited Atonement– The Atonement is limited to the elect.

Irresistible Grace– People cannot resist or deny God’s Grace.

Preservation of the Saints– Unable to lose salvation.

All signed, sealed and delivered from the foundation of the world, finished on the Cross, done deal. Man is incapable of doing anything righteous in the eyes of God.

Does Original Sin Make Us Unrighteous?

As irrational as this sounds millions of people worldwide firmly believe the Bible teaches this and, in the past, some were even burned at the stake for denying it. Even today, many will condemn you to Hell straight away for contesting them, labeling you a blasphemous heretic or a Pharisee unworthy to sit among them. Without-a-doubt such an extreme teaching is definitely NOT of God and horribly dishonors Christ. Only the Devil himself could have imagined anything as diabolical as the TULIP.

However, on the other side of the coin, we have a myriad of attempts to rationalize this fallacy of inbred depravity with the teachings of Jesus Christ calling people to a life of obedience and purity. This is where most of the confusion is found among those coming out of “the system” and seeking answers. If we could just somehow magically open a door inside the mind of an individual and sweep clean this notion of inability and then start from scratch as a blank slate, we could merely let people read the teachings of Jesus for themselves and simply obey Him…and build from there. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple.

Born a Sinner

Fundamentally, if man is ‘Born a sinner’ then his problem with sinful addictions becomes a calamity NOT a willful transgression of God’s law. This views man being born lacking the ability or willingness to do what is right because of some ‘inbred’ malady dwelling in his flesh hindering his free will to choose the narrow, right way. This is the very CORE of the matter! If Preachers (from any doctrinal bias) strip man of his God-given free will ability to obey and DO what is right, they totally negate repentance proven by deeds! Unless man is a free agent born with full capacity to recognize and choose between good and evil, the commands in Scripture make no sense whatsoever and must all be re-defined to clarify his lack of ability to obey.

Therefore, lack of ability is the root of this rotten tree called Reformed Doctrine. From this premise, the fundamental principles of the Bible are REVERSED! The few becomes the many and the narrow becomes wide. The ability of man to stop sinning becomes impossible. So when Jesus says to people ‘Go and sin no more’ (John 5:14), He really means ‘receive’ Me and I’ll help you stop sinning, (of course, it’s them that teach no one can stop sinning entirely even with Jesus)!!

The Fallacy Revealed

Here is the reverse logic of the inbred ‘born in sin’ fallacy:

• ‘You sin because you’re a ‘sinner’, you can never stop sinning until you receive Jesus, BUT you will sin nevertheless because you’re a sinner.’
• Before or after you ‘receive’ Jesus you can never entirely stop sinning and God doesn’t expect you to stop that’s why He sent Jesus as your replacement to obey in your place. On one side, the Bible tells you to stop sinning, obey Jesus and do what He says.
• Church pastors tell you it’s impossible to stop sinning and do what Jesus said, just trust He did it for you.

You need to stop and ask yourself at this point WHO’S right and where in the Bible does it say that Jesus obeyed for me?

Inconsistencies

The Bible says: ‘He who DOES what is right is righteous, he who sins is of the devil.’ (1 John 3:7)

The Pastors saya: ‘No one is righteous but Christ and we all sin daily in thought, word and deed.’

Jesus said: ‘If you love Me you will keep My commandments.’ (John 14:15)

The Pastors say: ‘He kept them for you.’

We could go on and on, but we’re just trying to drive home the point that people coming out the church system are under LAYERS and LAYERS of deception, not just a single error in understanding. Their entire concept of God, Sin, Repentance, Deeds, Grace, Faith and Love are OPPOSITE of what the Bible says (and worse they are unaware how deep the rabbit hole goes)! As with repentance, how can a person perform deeds Worthy of repentance (as commanded) if he is told deeds count for nothing in salvation because it’s ‘not of works’? The person doesn’t even know what sin is according to the Bible; let alone how to stop doing it! Nothing has been defined in line with the Scriptures and everything he has been told up to now is the opposite of what Jesus taught. Church pastors seldom define anything in scripture. Ever wonder why?

People inside the Church system are convinced they have an inbred (genetic) disorder called sin and that there’s nothing anyone can do about it. This is because they have been taught that ‘if I say I have no sin, I lie and the truth is not in me. So God, in His infinite mercy, sent Jesus to live a perfect life of obedience to die in their place and receive the punishment due them so that His obedience and righteousness could be transferred to them when they ‘receive’ Him as their personal Savior. No one really understands this arrangement, but they trust that God has somehow magically saved them and no longer holds them accountable for their ongoing sin. To them, all sin is the same anyway, so if a person commits adultery or murder, he is no worse off in God’s eyes than someone who goes over the speed limit or yells at his kids in anger.

A Dual Fallacy with Multiple Layers

Man is disabled by a disorder called sin. All sins are the same to God. Which translates into: ‘There is no sin you must stop to get saved or stay saved.’ Vile blatant sins are the same as civil infractions.

Under this is an array of excuses:

• ‘If I could stop sinning I wouldn’t need Jesus and could save myself’
• ‘If I try to stop sinning it means I’m trying to self-justify and earn my salvation by works’
• ‘No one can ever stop sinning before or after they receive Jesus’ (although they should try to do better)

Here you have people under these fallacies who believe NOT only that all sins are the same to God, but that even temptation is sin. So Man is wholly incapable of the right act. Consequently, that means people’s own natural desires and inclinations are sinful (a fleeting thought, a feeling of anger or resentment, a passing notion). All these are said to be the evil desires of the flesh-nature dwelling in you, proving you’re born sinful and morally depraved.

Even the English translators of the KJV Bible who believed this hoax interrupted the word ‘desires’ in Romans 7:8, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, as an invented Latin word called ‘concupiscence‘. So instead of an evil desire acted upon by a willing choice to indulge it, the desire itself is proof of this mysterious nature lurking in your flesh. Yet the Scripture is Clear on this matter:

In other words, ‘DESIRES‘ are natural human inclinations. They DO NOT become sinful until you make the conscience decision to indulge them by CHOICE and then commit the actual transgression! You cannot be charged with ‘sin that you have yet to perform, otherwise HOW could God judge you according to your deeds? (c.f. Romans 2:7-8)

Defining Terms and Concepts – The Myth of Moral Depravity

Is man born into a state of moral depravity, dead in sin and unable to obey God? This is the demonic fallacy that professing Christians have been subjected to since Christianity’s origination in 4^th-Century Rome by the master deceiver, chief heretic of all time: Augustine. Before this Satanic doctrine took hold of the organized Church, the teaching among Jews and early Christians was simply that man was born with a moral conscience and natural inclinations (or Yetzer Tou, Yetzer Ra) and he possessed free will and unhindered ability to do what is right and obey God. But after over 1,500 years of this original sin fallacy being disseminated into every Christian creed and doctrine on the planet, we are faced with a well-equipped and virtually unending army of Bible pundits who promote this ‘doctrine of demons’ in every realm of human endeavor.

Man’s Words are Not God’s

The above passage out of the Book of Job is a perfect example of how they craft Scripture to validate the original sin fallacy. They take a statement made by a man, not said by God, who cannot understand why Job as a righteous man is suffering so horribly, and make it the WORD and standard of God! Why people so easily fall for this depraved angle is that the general condition of mankind pretty much confirms it. Certainly, most people are into some level of moral depravity, they are wretched within and can’t do anything right unless it benefits them in some way. They lie, cheat, steal, commit vile acts of perversion, are drunkards, boasters, full of prideful greed, often resort to murder and other crimes to fulfill their lusts, lack self-control, despise what is good, are disobedient, rebellious, and can hardly be trusted to keep their word or be honest and faithful in their daily transactions. Common experience with our fellow human beings validates this on a daily basis. But sadly, it also perfectly describes the vast majority of Professing Christians! 2 Timothy 3:1-13 confirms this.

It’s easy to buy the commonly repeated passage; ‘There are none righteous, no not one’ (Romans 3:10). But this is simply taken from a comparison being made by an ancient writer, between the wicked, Jews and Gentiles, who both refused to obey God and do what is Right (Psalm 14:1-3, 53:1-3). It DOESN’T mean there has never been a Righteous person on earth!

Righteous Men

Daniel, Noah, and Job were all said to be Righteous (Ezekiel 14:14). John the Baptist’s parents were both reported as Righteous and blameless (Luke 1:6)! They were ALL born after Adam’s transgression in the Garden, so according to the fallacy of ‘original sin’ they would by necessity be ‘infected with the inherited malady of ‘inbred sin. BUT they were not so ‘morally depraved‘ that there were incapable of performing a righteous act in the sight of God. They did so by their own FREE WILL choice to follow a right path instead of indulging their base appetites.

Since man is born with a moral conscience and natural inclinations, the True Light which gives light to every man who comes into the world, (John 1:9) his ‘natural tendencies (for love, survival, rest & relationships) are NOT proof of some kind of ‘depravity‘ dwelling inside him. Desires can be either good or evil.

Evil Desires vs. Concupiscence

Romans 7:8 describes ‘evil desires’ indulged by choice, NOT ‘concupiscence‘ welling within you. In Scripture ,‘Lust and Desire‘ are expressed as the same word, they can either be expressed as the Lust of the flesh (1 John 2:15-16), or a ‘Strong Desire to further your growth in the faith (2 Corinthians 7:7, Galatians 4:20).

Jesus said it best: But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust (or desire) for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Matthew 5:28). Flesh cannot be corrupted of itself, flesh is simply SARX,—that which covers the bones, sinew). We are Commanded to Crucify our flesh with its ‘Passions and desires’, not drive nails through our bodies, but PUT to Death our evil deeds done in the body (Galatians 2:20, 6:15)!

It’s this very passage the KJV translators re-interrupted by replacing ‘evil desires with ‘concupiscence‘.

Twisted Rhetoric

The idea of inbred moral depravity violates reason and scripture, turning God into a cosmic tyrant by asking Him to do something He is wholly incapable of doing. Clearly, it’s this fallacy behind all the twisted rhetoric coming out of the pulpits today that argue in favor of sin. If Man has been rendered inept by some inherited ‘nature’, the entire Gospel has to be redefined, by necessity, to accommodate His inability to DO what Jesus said. So, the ‘bad seed‘ fallacy comes into play and preachers become Job’s so-called friends, always looking for a way to excuse man from his personal responsibility to obey God.

Sin is no longer a Transgression against God’s command that incurs His anger (1 John 3:4, Psalm 7:11) but a Malady of which he is not ‘entirely responsible’ for. God then must provide man with a ‘Provision‘ to fill-in what is lacking so man can be declared Justified—(a Just person)—while still ‘unjust in his nature.

Provision?  (Read about Vicarious Substitution)

Therefore, out of His great love for mankind, He provided Christ to ‘suffer in your place’, receive God’s Divine wrath (your penalty) and then be magically declared JUST by merely ‘receiving‘ this wonderful gift. From that point forward you are seen perfectly righteous and obedient because Jesus’s perfect life replaced your ‘sinfulness‘. You are no longer considered a ‘sinner‘ when you transgress God’s law but a Saint…pure and sinless like Jesus!!

The ‘Provision‘ covers it all! The supposed convert ‘Trusts‘ in this arrangement and becomes a member of the Church establishment. That’s why most of the professing world is subject to the authority of Popes, Bishops, Pastors, and Professional Bible Pundits to disseminate the Word of God and administer the sacraments, rituals, and traditions in your local Churches.

Why Pastors NEVER Call Out Sin

Thus, the Gospel of Christ, as preached by the Church over the last 1,500 years, is no longer about Sin (bringing man out from the bondage of it) but persuading them to ‘BELIEVE in what Jesus did for them on the Cross (via their understanding of Substitution because of moral depravity). That’s why your Pastors and Preachers can NEVER call you out for your continued wrong doings! Under this mess, you’re already saved by ‘believing in and receiving Jesus (what He did for you).

Sin is what you inevitably do as a ‘sinner‘, Grace is the free gift from God (not of works) to cover your inbred malady and pardon you of your inability to obey. This is basically how man has presented the Gospel for over a thousand years with very few exceptions. Untold millions have sincerely trusted in this myth for their eternal well-being. People have been deceived by Satan into a life of dedication to a corrupted Church system and continued pattern of failure in a ‘sin-repent relationship’ with loving Pastors who tell them they can sin and not die.