St. Augustine's doctrine of Original Sin has been challenged by post-modern thought and creativity. According to Augustine, humanity has fallen from his original condition because Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. To recover human's original condition, Augustine claims, our faith in Jesus Christ can rescue us and help us recover the image of God.
One professor of post-modern thought and creativity, however, told his students that "creativity is about making mistakes. In fact, there is no such thing as 'mistakes', in the creative process; there are only different ways of doing things.
"We should not be afraid to make mistakes. The moment we are afraid, we limit our chances of exploring new creative avenues. If our mistakes, or sins, do not lead us to anything creative this time, at least we can learn from them. Next time we'll know which steps to avoid to be closer to our goal."
"Do you mean Augustine was wrong?" his student asked.
"He didn't know he was wrong," his teacher answered. "That's always been the problem of Christians ever since," he concluded.
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*Source: CreativXpert.com/travel/accidental-discovery-port.
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