July 19, 2013 – Catechism 2514 – 2519

The idea of original sin, that we are all born with the inherited desire to act against our best nature and do things we know are wrong is so obvious to anyone that has children and yet so many disregard it.  Children, from a young age, do things that are wrong and have no idea.  Even when they get a sense of what is wrong and right, they tend to lean towards the wrong.  They must be instructed in the right way and discipline themselves to act in the right way.  Our human nature is to do the wrong.  That is the stain and inheritance of original sin.  To ignore that is to ignore who we are.  What tempters this is to motivate yourself and teach yourself to control your desires.  The world says we don’t need this.  What tempters this is to be obedient to others teachings and accept that we do not have all the answers ourselves.  The world says we don’t need that either.  Isn’t it obvious that a world that says we don’t need authority and we should allow ourselves to indulge in our every desire is heading towards oblivion, but look at what our world teaches and that is their foundational teachings.  What the world teaches enhances the very flaws we inherited by original sin because it chooses to ignore the idea of original sin.