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Old Sep 12th, 2004, 03:44 PM       
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Originally Posted by Seth
To recapitulate, the explanation for sin offered by Coeternalism is actually fairly simple. Evil exists merely as a byproduct of the expression of virtue, and its presence is necessary for the coherent passage of human history. The implications of Original Sin are that souls have a more meaningful existence by incorporating some notion of evil into their being, so long as it does not define them. Souls will only good, but evil pervades as an inevitable consequence of human nature.
So only "the flesh" sins, and the soul never does?
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