In Afrofuturismâs case, the original sin is slavery, a trauma so ineradicable that it can only be âovercomeâ by imagining some totally alternative, time-bending narrative involving a vibranium-depositing meteorite.
âFor far too long, the story of our countryâs history has been incomplete as we have failed to acknowledge, address, and come to grips with our nationâs original sin of slavery,â Markey said in a statement after the vote.
I think thereâs this great original sin in the field, where people assumed that computers are somehow like human brains and if we just train them like children, they will slowly grow into these supernatural beings.
Itâs crazy but itâs true, Iâm still having these conversations on a basis that is more than is reasonable and it is because the discipline is haunted by the original sins of its birth.
The eating of the forbidden fruit by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, which led to their expulsion from Eden by God. In Christiantheology, the act by which all humans fell from divine grace.
Cultural definitions for original sin (2 of 2)
original sin
The sin of Adam and Eve, the essential event of the Fall of Man. According to the most common teaching of Christians (see also Christian), all descendants of Adam and Eve â that is, all people â share in this sin and are, from the time they are conceived, in a state of sin. In German, the term used is Erbsunde, meaning âinherited sin,â a more explanatory term than the English one. Jesus, through his Crucifixion and Resurrection, atoned for original sin. All who believe in Jesus and accept baptism are freed from original sin and experience salvation (see also salvation). (Seejustification by grace, through faith.)