
Alan Jacobs: What's So Bad About Original Sin?
Socrates in the City
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The Importance of Original Sin in Education
Rousseau's whole philosophy of education begins with his denying the Christian doctrine of original sin. Wesley goes on to talk about how that innate atheism actually makes people extremely rebellious, prone to corruption. You're going to raise your children very differently if you think they are naturally pure and innocent than if you Think That They Have No Inundable Idea Of God or morality.
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