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Originally Posted by Guderian
I wasn't disagreeing that if the idea of Original Sin as we know it is correct, then it is incompatible with evolution. However, if you discard Original Sin, does that imply that God created something inherently bad? Couldn't he have also created something that had the possibility of becoming inherently bad? Or would that ultimately be the same thing?
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Well, I guess it's
possible that God created humans as morally neutral -- like "blank slates," but, like I said, that would still pose a problem for Christians.
Christianity, as a religion, is dependent on the idea of salvation. If humans are inherently good or just morally neutral, then why would they need to redeem themselves? If Christianity is to be salvaged in light of evolution, a new, plausible explanation for man's "sinful" state would need to be devised. If we are, however, to say that man is "just sinful by nature" without being somehow responsible himself (i.e. Original Sin), then the only logical assumption is that God created something inherently bad.