On Sin and Perfection

I have to disagree with the common definition of original sin.  I do not believe we have a flawed nature at all, but our true nature is not properly understood.  It is our nature to perfectly manifest what the sum of our dominant thinking encompasses. We do this perfectly, and this is a Divine characteristic. We are said to be cast in the image and likeness of the Creator, and this is usually interpreted in some physical sense. But what is the nature of the Creator? Why, it is to create, of course. We perfectly create what our dominant thinking consists of - but what we are creating is not merely physical - we are creating our experience.

Just because we have not learned to use this ability fully does not mean we are imperfect - it just means that we can sometimes be perfectly wrong. This is a flaw in our action; it does not indicate a flaw in our basic nature. As we think, so the results - the fruits - of our thinking are outpicturing all around us.

There is another way in which we could say the physical world is less perfect than the invisible world of thought.  This is due to the existence of quantum energy levels in the physical, which make our  reality 'lumpy' compared to the 'smooth' nature of the corresponding idea.

For example, we can readily imagine a straight line or a perfect circle; but physically we cannot construct a perfect straight line, or a perfect circle, as any machinist would tell you. At the very best, we would still run into the dimensions of the individual atoms of whatever material we chose to use. Our world is built lumpy, not smooth.

Our minds can encompass far more in thought than our physical brain can allow us to handle at one time. That's why we invented paper, and later computers. We invent things to move past our limitations. So we know there is a discontinuity between the perfection of our imagination and our ability to deal with it in the world.

This is not sin, original or otherwise; t is just the nature of physical reality, but it still means that the world always falls short of our visioning - of our imagination.

Sin is an error is thinking; the inability to rightly connect our thinking with the consequent manifestation of it.

We steal, thinking it will make us richer, not comprehending where abundance comes from.
We lie out of fear of punishment, or for fear that the truth will diminish us.
Most sins are based in some sort of fear, which means that faith is not dominant in our thinking.

But as Job said, "That which I most feared has come upon me", as perfect a statement of Divine Law as you would ever find. We experience the outcome of our doubts and fears, and no matter what it may physically resemble, it is that ultimate feeling experience that is the fruit of our thinking - and 'by their fruits we shall know them'.