(Part 3)

Similarly, the evolution of life, as you point out, precludes the Fall and Original Sin as traditionally understood—that is, it cannot be true that Adam and Eve’s personal sin was punished by God by causing all future humans to be conceived in a sin so grievous that eternal punishment is our pre-destined future without Baptism. (BTW, I disagree that DNA studies preclude all of humanity being descending from an aboriginal couple, although that once was the conclusion of some scientists. Even if proven true in the future, I don’t see that as a stumbling block to evolving doctrine. I am, however, presently inclined to think there may very well have been a first couple as a concrete foundation for the unity of human kind.)

I suggest that our inherited doctrine of the Fall and Original Sin capture multiple fundamental facts about our relationship to Divinity, but they need to be recast to fit with what God has revealed to us through modern science. 

To wit:
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