The Fall

Plantinga talks about The Fall and total depravity in chapter 3 of Engaging God's World. Total depravity is the idea of us being totally corrupted as a fallen race, unable to choose God. I wouldn't say I disagree with total depravity, but I find it a little bit ridiculous. God loves us, we are His creation, we are God in the flesh. We are a fallen race from original sin, yes, but I feel that we are still able to find God even in our depravity. We must also remember that God doesn't just love religous people, he didn't create only Christians and Jews, he created the Mormons and Athiests too. The Athiests would disagree with my point but what I mean by saying that is that God created EVERYONE.

I feel as though our class can be split down the middle when it comes to the topic of depravity. Friday in class you could cut the tension with a knife, I honestly felt very uncomfortable. I'm not the most religious on the block and alot of the discussions we have had in class have made me very uncomfortable. But I think that discovering religion involves some discomfort and second guessing. This class has really opened my eyes to God and God's creation and you know, I have loved every minute of it.