If Only Eve Had Eaten the Fruit, Would Sin Still Have Entered the World?
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#STRaskStand to Reason
Questions about whether sin still would have entered the world if only Eve had eaten the fruit, the theological explanation for why Jesus did not inherit a sinful nature from Mary, and what the idea that nothing good can come from evil would mean for children born as a result of rape.
* If only Eve had eaten the fruit and Adam refused, would sin still have entered the world?
* What is the theological explanation for why Jesus did not inherit a sinful nature from Mary?
* If nothing good can come from evil, how can we justify children born as a result of rape, incest, out of wedlock, etc.?
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