Why is sin heritable?

Why did Yahweh make sin heritable?If one accepts that Adam deserved punishment and Yahweh did indeed punish him why did Yahweh also decide to punish other people (Adam descendants) so setting in motion the events that required Yahweh kill his own son.I would contend that Yahweh's 'go to' method for getting things done is suffering even to the point of making himself suffer, but that can't be right, can it?

Hi PD.Sorry if I gave you the impression that I was getting on the punishment pony I'm more interested in the title, i.e. I'm interested in whether sin is heritable and why Yahweh chose to make it that way. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned Romans 5:12 (King James Version)To me this means the state of being 'in sin' is passed on through generations. Yahweh seems to have decreed that all people will start off in a state of sin.As Yahweh decided by fiat that this is the case Yahweh could be seen as responsible for humans being in the sate of 'sin'.Is that your kitty in your avatar?Edited by Larni, : Kitty talk.

I agree.However, I'm taking the position that it is all true and asking about Yahweh's motivation to make sin heritable.

The 'go to' reference means that whenever Yahweh wants to get get any thing done he uses suffering. Yahweh put the bottle of poison in plain, open view. He stood by as one of his creations tempted his wife, Eve. Then he made sure that all of Adam's children would be born with the same poison in their metaphorical blood stream.Yahweh apparently decided that the entirety of humanity should be forever after born with poison in their veins.Why?

The kids are only impacted by the actions of their patients because Yahweh decided that it should be so because he wanted it that way. He could have (in his infinite power) have chose another way.Yahweh could have decided that only the commiter of sin should suffer any consequences.Why would Yahweh choose this set of condition when he could have (in his infinite mercy) chose another way?

I see no reason why YHWH should have punished their off spring, as well as A+E.

If sin is breaking of a moral law, why did YHWH decide that x was a moral law, sinning was to break that law and it was part of our nature to engage in x (i.e. to sin)?YHWH creates us with sin already a component of our being. He need not have done so.What could have informed his decision to do so?

Peg, I'm really sorry to sound like a broken record but the point is that YHWH could remove our sin without having to create Jesus with the express intention of killing him.None of that was necessary. YHWH did not need to make sin heritable.Was there anything limiting YHWH's ability to remove sin with a wave of his hand?

But if YHWH loved us he would gift us with eternal life, rather than make it contingent on our choices (which our nature specifically makes impossible).Like a parent loving their baby, rather than making that love contingent on loving us back (a concept no baby can deal with).

Maybe I should re phrase that comment:I see no reason why the off spring of A+E should inherit sin. Note to self--- Stay off the punishment boat!

Does YHWH not have to power to effect any change in reality or not?If he does not, then I guess he may have been constrained in his use of methods to effect his wishes.If (as I'm led to believe) YHWH is a creator god then he must have the ability to tinker with his work without leaving any trace then he could have said "ok, A+E took their medicine and paid the price but I won't leave the poison in their kids".

Just out of the door but I would like to address this point quickly. But that must mean he is unable to break the natural order: true or false.

I never thought of that.Does that mean the Adam languishes in Hell as we speak?

I understand your analogy. But it seems to indicate that YHWH cannot alter some aspects of his creation.This then implies that he did not forsee that he would be backed into a corner where his power was constrained (by the very rules he decided to implement).The only conclusion I can draw from this (if he loves us as much as we are told) is that he made a mistake that he could not correct by fiat and had to jump through all of the hoops (killing Jesus) to get around (somehow) the 'rules of reality'.