There are two views as to why Adam’s guilt should be seen by God as also belonging to us. The first view states that the human race was within Adam in seed form; thus when Adam sinned, we sinned in him.
Kuna mitazamo miwili ni kwa nini hatia ya Adamu inapaswa kuonekana na Mungu vile pia inafaa kwetu. maoni ya kwanza yanasema kwamba binadamu alikuwa ndani ya Adamu katika hali ya mbegu; hivyo Adamu alipofanya dhambi, sisi tulifanya dhambi katika yeye.