I did not have to teach my little boy to desire what was prohibited, to look for an opportunity to skirt around authority, and to reach for the “forbidden fruit.” I do the same thing myself, and so do you. Whether it’s parking in the no parking zone, fudging on income taxes, running away from Mommy in the toy store, refusing to submit to the counsel of an elder, or indulging in secret lust, rebellion is present in each one of us. Rebellion is the inborn tendency to give in to the lies of autonomy,
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