Original Sin: A Cultural History Fiction But evolution never creates something

But evolution never creates something organically

But most of all there is a desire among supposedly secular people for transcendence

and creativity

' -- NATASHA MOORE

Throughout this compassionate and reasoned study

Original Sin: A Cultural History Fiction But evolution never creates somethingEssayist and biographer Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one. As G. K. Chesterton explains, "Only with original sin can we at once pity the beggar and distrust the king." Do we arrive in this world predisposed to evil? St. Augustine passionately argued that we do; his opponents thought the notion was an insult to a good God. Ever since Augustine, the church has