A child is born. The child exits the womb and is innocent. How can a newborn babe carry the weight of guilt, the debt of so-called 'original sin'? The babe cannot. Contrary to a religious doctrine and dogma that demands such, we are innocent at birth. As we grow, age, and move through the experiential, that innocence is lost.
Words and deeds strip us of our innocence. We can feel the heavy load of our actions. Or, our words and deeds lift us, glorify us, our lives, and the world itself. We are born innocent into a wonderful world that offers prosperity and personal renown. It offers but does not give. How you get it defines you. This is something that our Ancestors knew well. Before the Christian era, when men were innocent until proven guilty - of something done by their words and deeds.
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