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But note that before the Fall, things were supposedly perfect, and some theologians place emphasis on the fact that sin and death entered the world through the
by cygx 7y ago
But note that before the Fall, things were supposedly perfect, and some theologians place emphasis on the fact that sin and death entered the world through the actions of one man (Adam), and so did redemption and eternal life through Jesus, another human (fully so, despite having no mortal father and being fully God at the same time - Christianity is weird...)
It's a bit of a struggle to harmonize this with evolution, but Catholics are free to believe in it as long as they also affirm the existence of a historical Adam and Eve that did something to cause the Fall...
- arethuza 7y agoSpeaking of such things a friend of mine sold me on His Dark Materials by describing it as a world where "dark matter is original sin".
- rmilejczz 7y agoIt was actually Eve, not Adam, who partakes of the fruit, though most theologians would blame Lucifer, and some may even say God intended for all of that to happen anyway
- SigmundA 7y agoRight because who created, Adam, Eve and Lucifer and all things including free will? The buck stops at one place unless you believe there is something outside of god, that is free will is outside of gods creation or design, if so what created it?
- cygx 7y agoThat 'through one man thing' comes from Paul (Romans 5:12, if you want to get specific). Historically, not all theologians were big on female agency (there's even a theory that a woman only fully takes part in the imago dei when united with man through marriage, whereas a man has it on his own; can't quite remember if that was a Jewish of Christian thing, though...)