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    It is not the case that Augustine's own doctrine of original sin as inherited corruption, not merely imputed guilt, implies condemnation tracks a transmitted moral disease rather than deserved punishment for a personal act.

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    • 1.Calling sin a 'disease' obscures moral agency; even inherited tendencies don't automatically determine choices or eliminate responsibility.
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    • 2.Augustine's own texts suggest imputed guilt remains central—inheritance explains transmission, not whether punishment is deserved.
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    • 3.The distinction collapses practically: both models condemn infants unbaptized, suggesting both ground damnation in transmitted status, not moral disease.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Inherited corruption better explains universal human moral weakness than imputation, which seems arbitrary without personal culpability.
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    • 2.A disease model coheres with medical/biological reality: children inherit genetic predispositions without moral agency in transmission.
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    • 3.Divine justice requires that condemnation track actual moral states possessed, not merely legal assignments of guilt.
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