within the human will, or as the Orthodox would say, in the noetic dimension of human existence. Nevertheless, sin’s corrupting power (or perhaps sin’s corrupting non-power) equally pervades the physical realm. People are subject to physical pain and disease. We have to cope with the debilitating effects and physical disintegration of aging. The whole of human suffering is ultimately attributable to the introduction of sin onto the plane of human existence. Sin as Fragmentation Individualism, a notion
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