There is nothing more certain than the general truth it is the grievous sin of the world which has produced the grievous suffering of the world.  I am not referring here to the physical connection between these two things lying in the realm of experience; my meaning is metaphysical.  Accordingly, the sole thing that reconciles me to the Old Testament is the story of the Fall...  There seems to me no better explanation of our existence than that it is the result of some false step, some sin of which we are paying the penalty.

• existential
• suffering
• meaning
• truth
• sin
• experience
• existence
• lying
• old testament
• fall