... caused the first sin. That original sin caused more to humanity than just the lost intimate relationship with God. In Henry Blocher's book Original Sin, he quotes John Calvin writing of the definition of original sin is, "hereditary, depravity, and corruption of our nature, diffused into all parts of the soul, ... and the fish of the sea and put them into all different types of categories and classes. God made Adam a rational creature, gifted with the power of choice. After the fall of man, our minds have become tainted and almost even inactive. Sin has counteracted the normal developme...

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