The guilt of original sin is absolved with baptism; what of the penalty?

[bardegaulois]

I have lately been considering these two effects of sin upon our souls. Indeed, guilt of any sin can be absolved, but the penalty must be had either in this life or in purgatory unless it be mitigated by indulgence.

But let’s consider original sin for a moment. Was it mortal sin? Was it conscious and volitional? I’d have to say it was not. Anyone who’s worked with children know that they act the same way as Adam and Eve do. The consciousness was not fully mature. Christ, as He promised, granted them–and us all, contractually–pardon from the guilt of original sin. But what about the penalty?

That cannot be remitted, and has not, as this world, in case you haven’t noticed, is far from a paradise. Is the vainglorious life we lead in this vale of tears, our minds so prone to delusion, our bodies so prone to temptation, the penalty of original sin? If not, how ought I to be looking at the penal aspects of original sin?

Thank you in advance.

 

[GEddie]

The primary penalty of original sin is physical death, and that has remained unchanged. So yes, the penalty is still there.

ICXC NIKA

 

[bardegaulois]

GEddie, yes, we suffer natural death, but all forms of life do, not just us.

What separates us from the mute beasts is our consciousness. I guess that’s what I’m mostly inquiring about here, the effects of original sin upon our consciousness.

 

[Benadam]

We were not conscious of injustice. By believing the serpent we changed the world in which we were consciously aware of from one in which injustice didn’t exist into one that it did.

That decision changed our conscious awareness in that our world, after the original sin, was one in which we believed contained injustice, so one in which we judge for ourselves what is good or evil. A shift in conscious awareness that profoundly changed the way we percieve the world.

The penalty brought on profound changes in our world that changed the way we percieve.

Because of the penalty, our body changed from a body that was not going to die to a body that is, and because death entered our world we have a body that needs to survive. That profoundly changed the way we percieve the world.