From: Jim Armstrong (jarmstro@qwest.net)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2003 - 23:22:29 EDT
For most of my life, I have thought that the specifics of origins of
evil were of no particular relevance aside from perhaps contributing to
a definition of sin.
If the conventional definition of sin holds, then it seems to me that
any importance we place on "My ancestor made me do it." serves only to
detract from a full acknowledgement of my primary (exclusive?) role in
creating my own need for redemption.
So why then, aside from the philosophical perspectives, should original
sin (and its specific details) be of any great value other than
explanatory, let alone be worth the great defense of its specifics
mounted by some?
Acknowledging my competency in occasionally (?) missing important
details, I nevertheless ask, "What have I missed?"
JimA
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