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Kathy:
It was Augustine who developed the doctrine of Original Sin...
Kyle:
Try Paul: "sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned" (Rom. 5:12).

Paul, with a little help from his friends:

Moses: "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Genesis 6:5, ESV)

David: "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." (Psalm 51:5, ESV)

Solomon: "there is no one who does not sin" (1 Kings 8:46, ESV)

Isaiah: "We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. There is no one who calls upon your name, who rouses himself to take hold of you" (Isaiah 64:6-7, ESV)

Jeremiah: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9, ESV)

Jesus: "from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person." (Mark 7:21-23, ESV)

James: "whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it" (James 2:10, ESV)

Peter: "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18, ESV)

In Christ,
Paul S