In Christian theology there are two types of sin.
Original sin is a state of being in which grace is absent. It is a state of deprivation. We are born into a fallen world.
Actual sin is an act.
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Is sin an act or a state of being?
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Twitch
Fascinating concept really
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WTWizard
According to the witlesses, sin is missing the mark of perfection. Any time you do something (including a bad thought) that you are not supposed to, you sin. Any time you fail to do what you should have been doing, you sin.
All of which is hogwash. Original Sin is nothing more than the biggest scam ever to befall mankind. The only genuine sins are laziness, dishonesty, and envy. And we were programmed to commit these. No one is born with a tendency to be lazy, dishonest, or envious. These traits are learned from society, often right in the churches and Kingdumb Hells (which teach dishonesty, and encourage people to be lazy and envious). Parents usually teach and demand children to stop "dreaming", leading to laziness and often to dishonesty and/or envy. Schools are set up to prevent fully integrated learning, making it a chore and thus promoting both laziness and dishonesty (and envy usually results).
This is so widespread that the illusion that we were born into it is plausible. Churches dishonestly (and often enviously) take advantage of this to teach that Jesus is our only hope, and that we owe everything to God for providing such "salvation". This encourages further laziness, dishonesty, and envy. Effectively, it promotes even more sin.
No, this doesn't mean we will all be perfect. Most, if not all, of us have some form of laziness, dishonesty, and/or envy in us. The whole system of doing as you are told made sure of that. But, we were born morally perfect, whether the religions like it or not. It is the "do as you are told" mentality that corrupted us, not Adam's "sin".