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\u201cIf sin is simply ignorance, then education will put it to flight. If sin is simply bad behavior, then punishment and rehabilitation will put it right; but if sin is fundamental to the human condition, a fact of who we are, a part, if you will, of our essential DNA, then this may help to explain why the advances in education, penology, and science have failed to stem the essential cussedness of human beings and the persistence of evil in the world. It is this fundamental\u00a0 quality of sin, that cannot be separated from our humanity, that our theological ancestors referred to as original sin.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus<\/em> (p. 131).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"