[Biggirl]

Did not both Adam and Eve have sinned by latter for picking the apple from the tree and the former for accepting the apple?

Also remember that they both were punnished by God. Also what it means that sin came into the via Adam is that it means both Adam and Eve. So both human males and females have a fallen nature. That is why both males and females are baptized, it is to remove the original sins in both.

[HarleyD]

You bring up a very valid point. Whereas Adam sinned willfully, Eve was deceived into accepting the fruit. Eve, even though deceived, sacrificed her stake in the kingdom because of her sin. Being deceived into sinning is no excuse with God. Sin is sin. Adam willfully sacrificed his share of the kingdom.

Women are tainted by original sin just as men simply because they are procreated. Baptism, IMO, is another issue too complex for here. I would simply say that it does not remove anything but it's an acknowledgement of what God has done for us. My contention is that God did not have to do anything special to Eve since sin enters the world through men. The particulars of how the Virgin Birth took place or the mechanics of it, is beyond my pay grade.