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Date: June 30, 2021 06:51PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_sin"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) rejects the doctrine of original sin. The church's second Articles of Faith reads, "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression."[94] The church's founder Joseph Smith taught that humans had an essentially godlike nature, and were not only holy in a premortal state, but had the potential to progress eternally to become like God.[95] Latter-day Saints take this creed-like statement as a rejection of the doctrine of original sin and any notion of inherited sinfulness.[95] Thus, while modern members of the LDS Church will agree that the fall of Adam brought consequences to the world, including the possibility of sin, they generally reject the idea that any culpability is automatically transmitted to Adam and Eve's offspring.[96] Children under the age of eight are regarded as free of all sin and therefore do not require baptism.[97] Children who die prior to age eight are believed to be saved in the highest degree of heaven.[98]
The LDS Church's Book of Moses states that the Lord told Adam that "thy children are conceived in sin".[99] Apostle Bruce R. McConkie stated that this means that the children were "born into a world of sin"
Like most things in mormonism, this is subject to change at the whim of a lighted pen.