Can an innocent generation suffer for the sins of a previous generation?

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   coolhubsposted 14 years ago

   Yes and No!
   Not all so called sins are intentional, some are accidental, but the bottom line they have offended somebody else or have caused some problem to the enviroment.
   Where the next generation is aware of the sins and has knowledge on how to rectify and does act on that, then it is a big NO!
   Where the next generation remains ignorant, or become aware and refuses to act, then it is a big Yes. Sometimes where it has been a long standing problem, it only requires a simple apology and the party affected accepting the apology and forgives.
   
   
   Acts and ommisions are one and same thing as the outcome has adverse effect on somebody else. The recipient will tag the person deemed to be responsible and all his associates which in this case are likely to be his offsprings. They may not be aware of this and that's why people continue with this myth that sins of forefathers will be passed from generation to generation.

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   HOOWANTSTONOposted 14 years ago

   Num 15:28  And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
   
   Eze 18:20  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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   Ruchiraposted 14 years ago

   I can relate your question to today's generation depleting the resources of our planet insensitively that could endanger earth for our future generation. We all should be sensitive in our actions which create repercussions eventually.
   
   Regarding bad things happening to good people...it's all about KARMA. So, have to keep on continuing doing our good deeds which will pay us back soon!

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   UNLOVED ROHITposted 14 years ago

   I don't believe in superstitious kind of thing but .... i want to elaborate thing in logical ways
   yes.. innocent generation will suffer fro sins of previous generation.
   Haphazard exploitation of natural resources, polluting environment, sentiment of wars, fights, all these i want to term as sins which will affect our future generation both physically and mentally....
   Earth may be filled with filth by  us and then or future generation may find it hard to overcome it...

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   Harry Santosposted 14 years ago

   we are all slaves to the initial conditions.

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   calpol25posted 14 years ago

   Yes that is true because our generation of people in germany are still reminded of the past sins of the generations before with the holocaust.

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   Lyuboposted 14 years ago

   It is always beneficial to have the experience of a whole generation, just for you. For example, we all have the experience of our mothers and fathers, so we are not likely to make the same mistakes like they did.

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   traffordposted 14 years ago

   Well, seriously an interesting question and a great discussion is running here, so in my views, World is round, night comes then day out then again day come night out, we eat food and digest then food goes again to waste.....so this is a whole cycle of World, so as it is if our previous generation has doing anything bad...had any enemies then they will definitely hurt you, either you are innocent or not, because this is human nature to continue that cycle of hurting people, murdering people to being and prove them self as powerful among the rest, then you will even not tolerate their punishment, you will take revenge....that's why this cycle just running from family to family - generation to next generation.

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   cathylynn99posted 14 years ago

   i certainly suffered because my dad was alcoholic. and he was probably alcoholic because his father was. certain kinds of suffering run in families and, unless the cycle of shame (google john bradshaw) is broken, will continue forever. i wouldn't call it "sin", rather  "dysfunction."
   
   the fellow(rabbi harold kushner) who wrote "when bad things happen to good people" suggests "bad" things are gifts from god and opportunities to grow - no sin in any generation necessary to explain bad stuff. read the bible book of job - a good man who lost everything including family.

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    Jawa Lunkposted 14 years ago

    I think history has proven that the next generation most always suffers for the previous generations choices.

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    a200masposted 14 years ago

    not if you try to undo the wrongs taht the other generation caused.

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    Jay Louidorposted 14 years ago

    Indeed. Something that can only be prevented by having no past. Every past has a sin.

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    Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years ago

    What, are ... Sufferings, Sins, and Innocence, etc. ?
    A difficult question to answer... Because, we differently interpret these terms due the differential, in our Social, and other perceptions.
    
    Therefore, allow me to Repose your Question in different words, in asking  ...
    
    " Should I suffer for your Wrongs ? " ...
    
    My answer, is obviously within Islamic Law, Representing, The Divine State of Justice, and Fairplay, in human affairs.
    
    The Islamic Sharia Law States:
    
    "No father, Is to bear his son's Burden; nor the son, of his father" ...
    
    In contrast, the popular Secular Laws ... mandate, blind acquiescence, and forcible execution,of man made laws, viz.,   
    
    " A Contract, reposes the Responsibility of [a Profitable] Execution, on its Signatories, their Heirs, and the Successors !"
    
    Therefore, it is Islamic Law, which ensures, that the Innocent ... meaning those, not involved in Contravention of The Law ... do not have to Suffer, for the doings of some others ...
    
    Whereas, Secular Laws, Protect the "Involved" ...under Threat of such, as Repossession of Property, money Fines, shifting of responsibility, and a flexible morality, etc ... not the Humans ...
    
    Thus, Secular Laws secure Obedience, by the "threat" of Suffering ... Hence, Threat, becomes the Enforcer of Law, in Secular Societies.
    
    Threat, Force, or Violence, are highly Arbitrary, and Prejudiced means of Enforcing  Law and Order, in any human society. For, in most cases, these are the Cause of the Innocents, suffering for the doings of others ...
    
    The Dictum, Governing Secular Justice, and Law, is ...
    
    "Ignorance of Law is no Excuse "  !

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    tamarawilhiteposted 9 years ago

    Children should not suffer for the sins of their parents.
    The child of a vicious murderer will probably be treated badly or differently for the reputation.
    Many children do suffer for the sins of their parents when it comes to illegitimacy. The odds of growing up in poverty, becoming mentally ill, an addict, homeless, going to jail are all around 3 times higher if born to a never married mother. As are the odds of having your own illegitimate child.
    We see the majority of children in the lower class born out of wedlock, nearly ensuring multigenerational poverty and suffering for the parents' choices. 75% of black children out of wedlock, a trend that started in the 1960s with welfare. Patrick Moynihan's report on the decline of the black family at that time raised a red alert at 25% illegitimacy. But illegitimacy is now 30% for whites, mostly the poor, ensuring their children suffer for their actions as they lock themselves into bad patterns.
    And we are mistaking racism for failed cultural patterns. A black child born to married parents has less than ten percent odds of being in poverty, whereas a white child of a single mother's odds of poverty are 15%. The issue is not having a father dedicated to the mother in marriage, and the mindset shift that leads to more saving and investment, economies of scale sustained over time, better supervision of kids.

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