Original sin is when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil knowing that God had commanded him not to
Genesis 2:19
but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make {one} wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her,
and he ate.
I'm not a scholar, but from my understanding, original sin is not a term found in the Bible, but one that scholars came up with to describe how sin first entered the world. Before Adam and Eve ate, there was no sin in the world, and so, it was original, ei. the first sin.
Who is responsible for the "original sin"? (Adam or Eve)
I believe, from what I've read and what I've heard, sin entered the world through one man, Adam.
Romans 5:12-14
12 Therefore, just as through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- 13 for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
I've also heard Jesus refered to as the second Adam, because He came perfect, just as Adam had.
Did the whole mankind inherit this sin? (is everyone born with a sin?)
(has everyone sinned, even a baby who died after 1 minute of birth?)
Romans 5:18-19
18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. 19 For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
John 8:44-47
44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 "But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 "Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 "He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God."
Every single person is born a sinner. But I believe that a baby will not burn in hell if it dies because there is this thing called the age of accountability. This basically says that a person isn't held responsible for trusting Christ until they come to an age were they hear the Gospel an either choose, fully understanding, to live for Christ or live for the devil. This age isn't an exact time, it is differant for everyperson. God will show mercy to those that die before they reach that age. Bear with me as I'm still looking for the verse that mentions it.
Man inherrited a 'sin nature', that is the dendancy to sin. Think about it, a child is not taught how to lie or be disrespectful, he knows those things one his own. What he must be taught is that it is wrong to lie and wrong to bedisrespectful and there are concequinses for such things.
Romans 3:9-18
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; 10 as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE;
11 THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS,
THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD;
12 ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS;
THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,
THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE."
13 "THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE,
WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING,"
"THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS";
14 "WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS";
15 "THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD,
16 DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS,
17 AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN."
18 "THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."
People aren't taught such things, they do them on there own.
Does this help, or did I confuse you? Feel free to PM me.