Mark I. Vuletic

Last updated 21 March 2008

Analysis

Assuming the doctrines of sin and redemption are coherent to begin with, anyone who sins has a need for redemption, whether a distant ancestor of theirs has sinned or not. Take the Fall of Adam and Eve not as a historical event, but as an allegory for the tendency (as strong as you want to make it) to fall into sin, and you can retain the need for a savior even while accepting that there was no historical Fall as described in the ancient Hebrew creation myths.