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Trying to get back to the original intent, even what you ask is a matter of interpretation. Some might say that human beings are "afflicted" with Original Sin and Jesus had to die to forgive us of this "Origianl Sin." This is from the decidedly negative (and more increasingly clearly misguided) philosophies of Augustine regarding the nature of humanity.
Another argument can be made that Jesus' death was the ultimate culmination of a life of example. He showed how to live free from fear of reprisal while doing what one knows to be right - loving all of creation - and that even the prospect of death could not prevent him from this love. Add in the resurrection and it makes this argument even strgoner - that even death can not hold down spirit of the good person.
In my opinion, the doctrine of Original Sin is a holdover from a less mature theology and I tend to embrace the reworking of the concept, redefining original sin in more general terms such as the inherent flaws that come with humanity, i.e. selfishness.
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"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling
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