 And listen, I know that that's not the main message of the gospel. I know Jesus teaches us that we're redeemed by his sacrifice, that we're all children of God. But all that nice, feel-good stuff bounced right off of me. What was drilled into my mind, and what I really internalized, is that while I'm a child of God, I'm also a child of Adam, who ate the forbidden fruit offered to him by Eve, and whose original sin I inherit.