God's plan from the beginning? Really. Please emphasize on this.
On the concept of the original sin: Christians are led to believe in the sin committed by Adam and Eve by eating hte fruit of the forbidden tree, every person on the earth born since Adam inherited this Original Sin. As such, all of mankind is destined to go to hell, even an innocent child. ROMAN 5:12 "Therefore, just as though one man sin entered the world, and the death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, for that all have sinned." However as a follower of Islam my belief in God is that He is all merciful and it is His mercy that would save alot of us from falling to that pit known as Hell. Adam and Eve repented and forgiven by God, the All-Merciful. Everyone is born sinless and his attainment of rewards or punishment is based on one' deeds. They Adam and Eve said;"our Lord! we have wronged our souls: if Thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy mercy we shall certainly be lost." "Then learnt Adman from his Lord words of inspiration and his Lord turned toward him; for He is oft-Returning Most Merciful."
Further on the doctrine of Christanity believes that the sin was so grave that God had to send his only begotten son, Jesus, to shed his blood on the cross for the slavation of mankind. This boggles my mind. Why did it take God All Mighty so many thousands of years to send his son to the rescue? Did all those before Jesus' time go to hell, the innoconent, the charity givers, the genorous? No, God forgives whom he wishes.