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wrath is seen as directed at our own individual sinfulness, rather than that of Adam. It
therefore avoids the problems associated with the idea of inherited guilt.
The main problem with this account is that sinfulness is an acquired characteristic, but
that acquired characteristics are not inherited. Inheritance is a genetic process, but sin is
not in the genes and so cannot be passed on by this means.
Social Heredity
On an alternative account, social rather than physical heredity is the means by which
Adam‘s sin is transmitted to us. On this view, Adam‘s sin merely set a trend, a bad
example. Each of us who follows this example does so on his own head. Again, this
account holds that Adam‘s sin is a cause of our sinfulness, but that we too play an active
role in original sin by choosing to commit the sins for which we are condemned; Adam is
a bad influence, but nothing more.
The main difficulty with this view is that social heredity appears to be too weak a process
to explain the widespread nature of sin. Although children do imitate their parents to
some degree, not all children imitate their parents in every degree. There is no guarantee
that an example such as Adam‘s will be emulated by all, and so this form of the doctrine
of original sin fails to explain universal sinfulness, and so fails to ground the universal
need for salvation that is so central to Christianity.
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Corruption Perception Index - Transparency International
Here is an international comparison of corruption levels. I only selected the countries
with the biggest economies + the least corrupt country and the most corrupt one.
As a whole, there are no suprises: poor coutries tend to be the most corrupt.
However, we can also notice the high level of corruption in Italy (a rich country).
The Indians are not that corrupt... given that they are much poorer than the Mexicans,
the Russians or the Iranians.
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