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The Truth About Original Sin They Don’t Want You to Know

Why Christianity made you guilty from birth — and why Judaism and Islam never did

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Tanner the Humanist
Aug 22, 2025
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Illustration of a baby marked with “sin” by church figures, with Adam and Eve in the background and Judaism and Islam glowing apart, symbolizing how original sin was imposed by Christianity but rejected by other faiths.
How Augustine’s doctrine turned innocence into guilt while Judaism and Islam left humanity free.

For many Christians today, “original sin” is treated as if it’s been around since Adam and Eve bit the fruit. It’s taught as a fact: we are all born guilty because of the first humans’ mistake. But here’s the blunt truth: the doctrine of original sin is not i…

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