Original Sin – Your Mere Existence is Violence
You shall know them by their fruits. The progeny of their father – The One Trick Pony from The Beginning
Burdening a hapless creature with the sole responsibility to bring only perfection into the presence of God, is the most ludicrous, vacuous, and diabolical philosophy ever crafted. The construct does bear a mission however: securing the enslavement, tithe, and worship of its intended victim.
It is critical that one not place trust in any entity that advocates for such a notion. Regardless of their perceived status, those who propagate such a teaching are not concerned with the welfare of anyone in particular; rather, their aim is to assert their divine authority.
Placing the weighty burden of achieving absolute perfection in the eyes of one’s putative God upon a helpless being is not just nonsensical, but it’s also one of the most profoundly misguided and malevolent philosophies ever conceived. It is the main reason I left the Christian church and adopted this journey called ignostic atheism. My authenticity and integrity recaptured, I became a much better person the day I stepped out of the church for the very last time.
Suddenly, the world began to make sense again; I was not the agent of evil I had been told I was, nor was I alone in this matter.
Self-loathing and secret isolation of the wayward are the pivotal mechanisms inside any predatory philosophy.
“The ocean is a desert with its life underground and the perfect disguise above.”
~ America, ‘A Horse with No Name’
Decades ago, I started doubting the reliability of the Bible because I noticed that much of its historical and philosophical content didn’t seem to align well or coherently. Additionally, I observed that many of its spiritual teachings were inconsistent and often contradicted the realities and evidence presented by everyday life. In my exploration of ancient civilizations, genetics, and human history I discovered that the Bible's collection of writings had been unacceptably altered by disingenuous editors, transforming it into a series of unreliable and manipulative texts - few of which agreed with each other at all.
Agency took proprietary possession of humanity’s sacred history, a confiscation which they had no right to undertake, and distorted it into an imperialistic, violent, and impersonating monotheism.
I realized that even in the First Century Levant, people had valid reasons to distrust this series of documents. Those who raised objections were excommunicated, vilified, crucified, or compelled to escape into the desert, due to the overpowering lust for control that characterizes such evil (a note for concerned Christians on this1).
Inside the Riddle of Sin, woven by editors into the fabric of the Genesis story, resides this implied modus ponens: Under the context of original sin, your very existence is an offensive act, and serves as a permissive for violence in perpetuity against your race of beings (see The Awesome Insistence of Cataclysmic Mirage Theory).
President Barack Obama in a June 3, 2020 ‘Town Hall’ meeting, placed a Mark of Cain upon one race, deeming it a ‘plague of our society’ and declared that they collectively bore an ‘original sin’ – one which they carry because of the mistakes of their ancestors. There were of course no measurable objectives of success offered in this proclamation, so it will never end – with these persons, by their appearance alone, forbidden to speak or exist as full rights-bearing citizens until they have paid in perpetuity for their crimes of unjust enrichment.1
Sound familiar? It should. This is the same trick plied by the God of Eden in the Bible’s ‘Genesis’. This is not something which will be applied to the whole of ‘society’ (as the rhetoric of the footnoted statement might appear to suggest) – but rather a single group based upon their appearance or lineage. This is also Step 4 of the Ten Stages of Genocide, dehumanization. Remember, we are here to learn how to identify evil. Not evil persons, but rather evil influences and intent.
This is the same guy who commissioned gain-of-function creation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and then in a fit of appearances, had its research secretly shifted to brand new bio-research labs in China.
You shall know them by their fruits. The progeny of their father – The One Trick Pony from The Beginning.
If your club’s philosophy is based on the concept of original sin, count me out of your group, especially if you attempt to coerce me by threat of any monetary or ontological penalties derived thereof.
The Ethical Skeptic, “Original Sin – Your Mere Existence is Violence”; The Ethical Skeptic, WordPress, 3 Mar 2024; Web, https://theethicalskeptic.com/?p=75086
I left Christianity for similar reasons and think original sin is false, and partly powered by a fear of eternal damnation that is not something a worthwhile God would ever commit to for a being. Ufology research and over a decade of meditation around causing mystical experiences (https://classpunk.substack.com/p/on-meditation-and-mystical-experiences) has caused me to go from agnosticism to heavily leaning towards belief that everyone who is conscious is an immortal soul that came from God-- but unlike popular theist notions, in my opinion, I see God as at least being an infinitely loving primordial force, that equally embodies the masculine and feminine rather than favoring the masculine-- whether or not God is somehow able to be a fully conscious being in some way-- and also, I see God as being the sum-total of everything going along with Spinoza's view.
But whether or not I'm wrong on those points, and regardless of someone's beliefs on metaphysics or lack thereof, to feel loved and at peace, to not buy into any form of self-hatred inclusive of original sin, to hope the same for others, and to deepen the understanding of the connection between this and virtuousness or moral excellence, is something I think creates more meaning in life and is thus worth consistently pursuing.
Interesting that “fruits” are mentioned as much that is putrid has been borne in the past several years. And who bore it? Children of the devil. They may claim to follow Christ but their sins out them. I am deeply saddened to read this post, knowing there is only one way or the other. There is no safe, mushy middle in which to rest in the battle of all battles. Your soul is won or lost, and you get to choose. Until a man has a true interaction with the Creator of the universe, he will seek comfort in all the wrong places. The mind and the intellect is no place to hide, as brilliant as you are. You were hurt? If the church caused you to lose faith in God, then your faith was in people. I have seen miracles, prayers answered, and supernatural healing. There is no higher excitement or reward than in Christ and I could wish for you nothing better than to find it. You do such excellent work.