{"id":5223,"date":"2022-02-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5223"},"modified":"2022-04-13T23:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:24:12","slug":"f-adam-and-eve-associate-to-the-ubaid-of-southern-mesopotamia-then-what-does-that-imply-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5223","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Carol Hill&#8217;s Article (2021) &#8220;Original Sin with Respect to Science&#8221; (Part 12 of 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0050 In the last sections of her article, Carol Hill wrestles with&nbsp;<em>the issue that Saint Augustine&#8217;s doctrine is part theological and part scientific<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incredible duality comes from Saint Paul, who compares Christ, as&nbsp;<em>the one who is to come,<\/em>&nbsp;and Adam, as&nbsp;<em>the one who is fallen<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Paul makes two assertions.&nbsp;&nbsp;One, Jesus literally descends from Adam.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two, Adam&#8217;s sin entangles all humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Adam stands at&nbsp;<em>the start of the history of the Jewish covenant,<\/em>&nbsp;then that is one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Adam stands at&nbsp;<em>the start of the Ubaid of southern Mesopotamia,<\/em>&nbsp;then that is a second point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A scientific question arises concerning the Ubaid.&nbsp;&nbsp;How does the Ubaid entangle all humanity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0051 What does Paul say in his letter to the Romans?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul connects Jesus to the salvation for all humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This connection is theological and diagnostic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augustine of Hippo develops the connection.&nbsp;&nbsp;He is honored for centuries for these developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0052 Today,&nbsp;<em>Augustine&#8217;s theological propositions<\/em>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>the nature of original sin<\/em>&nbsp;surpasses&nbsp;<em>the current modern social sciences<\/em>, which still reduce the human condition to manifestations of stimulus-response.&nbsp;&nbsp;Augustine&#8217;s diagnosis is unparalleled.&nbsp;&nbsp;Even if humans are animals behaving according to the dictates of stimulus-response,&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>&nbsp;is not the same as&nbsp;<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, our evolved responses operate in a world that no longer reflects our um&#8230; evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for&nbsp;<em>the current social sciences,<\/em>&nbsp;if one reads two of E. Michael Jones&#8217; books<em>, Libido Dominandi<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Degenerate Moderns<\/em>, then one can see how&nbsp;<em>the personal lives of the founders of various social sciences<\/em>&nbsp;pay tribute to&nbsp;<em>Augustine&#8217;s theological diagnosis of the human condition<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Their personal lives<\/em>&nbsp;are testimonials to&nbsp;<em>original sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0053 Today,&nbsp;<em>Augustine&#8217;s scientific proposition<\/em>&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>the nature of transmission of original sin<\/em>&nbsp;has been thoroughly debunked by modern genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, that does not mean that today&#8217;s humanity is not entangled in original sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather, it means that we are faced with&nbsp;<em>a very curious problem in human evolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>&nbsp;not the same as&nbsp;<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0050 In the last sections of her article, Carol Hill wrestles with&nbsp;the issue that Saint Augustine&#8217;s doctrine is part theological and part scientific. 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