Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Clandestine
To each his/her own, my friend. Whether or not the fall was entirely allegorical is up to the reader to decide, and really depends on whether or not you're reading it with a religious perspective. Spirituality makes people believe some crazy things, this obviously doesn't just apply to Christians. You can look at things "logically", and conclude that for original sin to be true, there'd have to be an omnipotent being who made it so. Logically, this is impossible to do. But taking on a religious perspective, and actually making it a point to believe (and trust) in the divinity of God and Christ, makes the creation story, fall of man, crucifixion/resurrection, and many other stories of the Bible believable once again.

I found that as a kid - with a very active imagination, I might add - it was easy to believe in the Bible. As I grew older, I took the same route that far too many have taken, and questioned the authority of God. And for a while, denounced it altogether. I searched for answers elsewhere and found many interesting theories, and lots of speculation, but never anything that satisfied my desire to better understand life and the possibility of an afterlife. Eventually I picked up a Bible again, and started reading it from an objective standpoint. I started to make sense of things that were constantly in question, and eventually took on a whole new outlook on life. Similar to the outlook I had when I was a kid, only from a slightly more mature perspective. Every time I pray, I feel like a child that's looking to a Father for forgiveness, or comfort, or just some advice. God may not manifest Himself before me and make me understand the answers to my questions, but His guidance is easy for me to recognize... especially after transitioning from the bitter atheist that I once was, to the Christian that I've become. I can feel His influence in my life, which makes it slightly easier for me to believe, I guess.
i would post a message sent by one of the mods when she banned me, and u could clearly see how wrong it was, and i did nothing wrong. but i asked about it and posted the whole thing and they deleted it and told me if i brought it up again i'd be banned again.

so i won't but just be careful what u say on here as once they know how u believe it's like having cross hairs on u. so if i get banned again u will know why just by writing this might get me banned again. no free speech