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Will's avatar

Great discussion, one that I have toiled with since I was a kid at Saint Pat’s elementary school.

No matter how much I agree…

I am always taken back to Genesis 3:17-19 and work/toil/sweat of the brow being part of our punishment for our original sin…

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.3.17-19.KJV

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Joe Dettelis's avatar

Yes, I think we have to remember that original sin is extinguished in Baptism; happily, work is no longer a curse in the age of Grace. Cheer up Will :)))

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