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Thema: Re: human beings are born tainted with Adam and Eve's original sin.
Übergeek 바둑이: Adam and Eve were given choice.. freewill. If you read what God says after the event.. Now they can be like me. Which, implies before Adam and Eve ate of the tree they were not fully 'alive'.
Christ is a 'way' the stories told of him are to help folks learn serenity and to open/awaken that 'Christ' spirit in us all. He is the personification of the Godhead. Baptism is such a sign you accept the way.
Circumcision I read is a sign that us men have to control our animal side firstly and identity secondly.
As to theological interpretation.... Pope John Paul II finally declared that the Jews did not kill Jesus.