| Original sin makes sense as a loss of grace that had been given to Adam and Eve, but not as an hereditary guilt. The need for grace to enjoy Heaven, especially conceived as the Beatific Vision, makes sense, but to say that the alternative is Hell goes too far. After all, sins are finite, and therefore punishment should be finite. Also, as you mention, the overwhelming majority of mankind are pretty tepid sinners. Why torment them eternally? Finally, the idea that Christ took on our humanity in order to share with us His Divinity, that God somehow experienced what we go through, in order to unite us with Himself, makes sense, but the idea that it was juridically necessary to make an innocent suffer for the guilty, or that God could not have been merciful in some other matter, is troubling........ |
