The Original Sin

[YMNolan]

I'm not sure I even know what I am asking here or that I completely understand my own view of the subject but here goes...

As far as I can tell from the catechism, the Original Sin was a sin of disobedience. Lust was a result of that sin. The main point is that God gave a command, and Adam and Eve, trusting in themselves and not God, disobeyed it. Every sin from here on out is disobedience to God's will.

I have a friend who insists that the Original sin was a sin of lust. I guess she is saying that specifically the first sin was that Adam and Even had sexual relations which were lustful in nature. I always thought that lust was a product of the first sin and not the first sin itself.

What is the truth? What, specifically, was the first sin, if we can even know that?

Nolan

[Theoketos]

Eating the fruit is an allegory for what specifically, the Church does not say. That being said, it is easy for a single evil act to be classified as many sins at once. And all sin finally comes down to man trying to make himself into a god via his own will.