our hearts and minds (reason) in our turning from God. The human condition has been drastically altered, the responsibility for which must be placed on humans rather than on God or a devil. What we have here is a level of “moral realism,” so central to Christian thought, that declares that the problem is with us. 3.3. Original Sin 3.3.1. Augustine The most definitive expression of moral realism is found in Augustine. In his early life, he resisted baptism, living instead a libertine lifestyle as
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