Hello George,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: george murphy [mailto:gmurphy@raex.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 6:41 AM
> To: Keith B Miller
> Cc: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: Human origins and doctrine
> >
> 2) & to get to Adrian's argument, the points I've
> emphasized do not
> require a view of original sin as hereditary in the strict
> sense. That is
> certainly the way that Augustine & the Augsburg Confession
> saw it, but that is
> an attempt to explain _why_ we are in the condition that's
> been described. We
> should start with the existential statement that "we are in
> bondage to sin and
> cannot free ourselves" as we say in the Brief Order for Confession and
> Forgiveness. Then we can start talking about the why of it.
> The traditional
> western view of a fall from perfection and hereditary
> transmission of sin is
> one explanation, but it is not the only or, IMO, the best, one.
I may have missed this, but did you ever get a chance in this thread to
explicitly state what you think is the better alternative to the hereditary
idea? If not, would you be willing to do so?
Thanks.
Adrian.
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