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$\"adama\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Where I would disagree with Scot is it does seem to me that he has underestimated what the Bible actually says about human fallenness as a result of the curse. It is clear enough from the curse on Eve that it affects intra-human relationships, to love and to cherish becomes to desire and to dominate. It is clear enough that it affects their children too\u2014 the story of Cain and Abel. <\/p>\n

While Scot is right that each individual must bear and own responsibility for their own sin, and Genesis says nothing about a seminal transmission of sin, it is simply not true that the OT does not bear witness to and discuss human fallenness in ways similar to later Christian ideas. Human beings don\u2019t just all choose to imitate Adam\u2019s sin again and again. Their very natures are bent by the warped by the relational situation they find themselves in\u2014- both a distorted relationship with God and with others. The Hebrew concept is \u2018yetzer hara\u2019 the inherent inclination to do evil. Yes, this is paired with a yetzer tov, the still extant inclination to do good. The point is that humans are not merely good any more after Adam and Eve, unlike God\u2019s original intent and their original condition. All humans bear the effects of the curse, not only in their tasks, but in who they are. So while the term \u2018the Fall\u2019 is not very accurate, what happened to Adam and Eve happened by their bad choices, not by accident, and would be better called \u2018the Jump\u2019 rather than \u2018the Fall\u2019, it is not true that the notion is completely inaccurate. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"