"Original Sin goes way back" doesn't answer the question

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My take on things is we are all sinners , Adam & Eve were the 1st. Because of their original sin we all come into this world as un-pure at birth.

No one is pure except for the Holy Trinity and God.

Being baptized cleanse this sin.

If I’m wrong sorry.
 
Yes, it forgives a sin we were born with…and did not actually commit.
 
This is a similar parallel to the question in Biology:
Why acquired traits during our lifetime don’t pass on to our descendants? (Lamarckism).

As I understand it, Baptism is more like an acquired trait in our soul and body and Original Sin is more like in the “DNA” of our soul.
 
Now that’s a good answer. I would encourage the staff at Catholic Answers to be more careful not to dismiss sincere questions and to make sure they’re actually answering the question they’re asked.
 
Here’s what St. Thomas says

Objection 2. Further, Baptism seems to have been instituted principally as a remedy for original sin. Now, since a man who is baptized is without original sin, it seems that he cannot transmit it to his children. Therefore it seems that the children of those who have been baptized, should not themselves be baptized.

Reply to Objection 2. As we have stated in I-II:81:3 ad 2, those who are baptized are renewed in spirit by Baptism, while their body remains subject to the oldness of sin, according to Romans 8:10: “The body, indeed, is dead because of sin, but the spirit liveth because of justification.” Wherefore Augustine (Contra Julian. vi) proves that “not everything that is in man is baptized.” Now it is manifest that in carnal generation man does not beget in respect of his soul, but in respect of his body. Consequently the children of those who are baptized are born with original sin; wherefore they need to be baptized.
 
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