Yes, concupiscence is fun.\u00a0 It comes in every form, shape, and color.\u00a0 It is glamorous, entertaining and attractive.\u00a0 Even at its most reptilian, it is alluring.<\/p>\n
Concupiscence confirms our pride.\u00a0 Yes, everything that I thought was true.\u00a0 So perhaps it is not shocking when, after the fall, I want to blame anyone else but me.<\/p>\n
In the section, \u201cEve and Evil\u201d, Peters discussed the old timey theologians who blamed the human condition on Eve.\u00a0 Or, as Sirach 25:24 said, sin has its beginning in a woman.\u00a0 Or maybe, in a woman who said \u201cyes\u201d when she should have said \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the same time, one can turn the trope around to blame the Christian opportunity for salvation on Mary.\u00a0 Here we have another beginning.\u00a0 Here is a woman who said \u201cyes\u201d when she could have said \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n
It is easy to extend this formula to men, since men have little Y\u2019s where women have big X\u2019s.\u00a0 Just look at Adam.\u00a0 What a dork.\u00a0 Hand him the forbidden fruit and he will chomp it, no questions asked.\u00a0 Just like Eve, he said \u201cyes\u201d when he should have said \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n
This is my answer to Peters\u2019 challenge:\u00a0 Formulate an inclusive concept of \u201csin\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yes, concupiscence is fun.\u00a0 It comes in every form, shape, and color.\u00a0 It is glamorous, entertaining and attractive.\u00a0 Even at its most reptilian, it is alluring. Concupiscence confirms our pride.\u00a0 Yes, everything that I thought was true.\u00a0 So perhaps it is not shocking when, after the fall, I want to blame anyone else but me. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-science-of-original-sin"],"yoast_head":"\n