Amen. It's amazing how even "catechized" Roman Catholic apologists seem to be ignorant of basic Christianity. What do they learn in those catechism classes, if not the truth found in the Bible?
Izzat so? Prove it from Scripture. You guys make these idiot claims that Christians have never believed. Is the best that you have Romans 5:12? It doesn't say what you guys think it says: it says what it actually says. You bleat about Biblical truths and can't even get it right. Lay it out here, Dr. E. Present your Biblical truths.
You've been given the Scripture on this thread so I'll try another approach.
Will Rome's opinion work for you?
True, this wouldn't be the first time a Roman Catholic apologist has displayed ignorance of his/her own catechism. Understandable, given the poor catechizing of so many Roman Catholics, but nonetheless, sad that it occurs so often.
FROM MARK'S OWN RCC CATECHISM...
403 - Following St. Paul, the Church has always taught that the overwhelming misery which oppresses men and their inclination towards evil and death cannot be understood apart from their connection with Adam's sin and the fact that he has transmitted to us a sin with which we are all born afflicted, a sin which is the "death of the soul".291 Because of this certainty of faith, the Church baptizes for the remission of sins even tiny infants who have not committed personal sin.
Did you get that, Mark? Adam's sin. From Adam. Adam "transmitted to us a sin which we are all born afflicted."
This is pretty basic stuff, Mark. Christians of all denominations understand it. Aren't you pleased you now have the opportunity to join them?
(And did you catch whom your catechism is using as reference, Mark? Are papists now Paulists?)
Christians have believed it. Catholics (apparently) haven't.
"Catholic" and "Christian" are not synonymous. Do not conflate the two.