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Episode 102: An Old Man's Book (Augustine's City of God, Part 2 of 2)

Literature and History

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The Origins of Original Sin

John Sutter: Original sin came out of a very specific moment in theological history. He says it's easy to say God created beings with a readily corruptible nature and then put them into an environment that speedily allowed them to corrupt themselves, thereby their progeny. "You cannot create turtles and then condemn them for walking slowly," he says. 'You made the biosphere'

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