Augustine

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  • Created on: 08-02-19 14:38

1. What was the relationship between Adam and Eve before The Fall?

  • Sex is part of a friendship, their marriage was as friends, Friendship was valued more than sex
  • Sex was lustful
  • They hated each other beforehand
  • They knew they were having sex for lust not as friends
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2. Is Augustine's view of Human Nature positive or negative?

  • Negative
  • Positive

3. What are Dawkins criticisms of Augustine?

  • Augustine was correct as he shows the importance of Adam and Eve's action and their impact on human behaviour today
  • Original Sin is absurd, Using Darwins theory of evolution literal belief in Adam and Eve is nonsensical.
  • Original Sin is proven through science- seen through violent sexual attack, Augustine's view of sex is healthy
  • Using Darwin's theory of evolution it is proof that we come from Adam and Eve (thus, justifying an exclusivist view)

4. What state was the soul in after the Fall?

  • The same as it always was
  • Divided and in conflict w/ itself
  • Arkansas
  • It is separated from the mind

5. What is Kant's view of Augustine?

  • Adam and Eve are used as a means to an end which is morally wrong
  • Agreed with Hobbes arguing that conflict is in our nature, salvation could be through 'reason alone' not 'God's Grace alone'
  • Argued it was a Christians duty to believe in God's grace as our only salvation
  • Believed The Fall was correct and it was God's duty to punish Adam and Eve

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