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Original sin

Fallen man's natural sinfulness, the hereditary depravity and corruption of human nature because of Adam's fall. That is, Adam and Eve's transgression when they ate of the forbidden fruit opened a gulf between God and humanity. Pollution from that sin has been inherited by all of Adam and Eve's descendants to the present day.

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