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Originally Posted by Boogster
Which cuh-razy scientific theory disproves original sin? This is pretty silly stuff.
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Well in one sense its hard to 'disprove' original sin, since the Catholic church refuses to define exactly what they mean by it being 'passed on to each generation', nor do they define any sort of decision procedure by which we can establish whether a particular person is a sinner. However they do claim that original sin is hereditary, and the mechanisms behind heriditary traits are fairly well understood within biology. So far, noone has managed to find a gene that corresponds to 'being a sinner', and although this may be premature, it seems unlikely that they ever will.