fallenness
description given to the human condition ‘after the Fall’. According to the creation stories in Genesis 1-3, aboriginal humanity as found in Adam and Eve was in a state of innocence. However, this was lost from the moment their appetites for wider knowledge were aroused. Whatever form human life might have taken before such a Fall, scientific discovery and sexual experience are fundamental to human civilisation. Within their terms, as within the whole of life, there is powerful ambiguity. Throughout history, we have had the capacity for great good and for great evil. This is magnified by technology. ‘After the apple’ there is no avoiding of ambiguity in all aspects of life. The challenge is to be morally creative with the power we now have, personally, socially and politically.



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