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Originally Posted by mizpeh
I'm not putting 2 and 2 together here. I would agree with Rousseau's thought that we are not born with original sin or in total depravity. The Bible teaches we come to an age when we know between good and evil. Until that time we are innocents like Adam and Eve were before they took of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
I'm not sure you answered my question about Chomsky. How did he prove the slate was not clean? Do you think the mind is the same as the brain? are you using those words interchangably?
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What I'm getting from this, and Pel can say if I'm correct or not, is that we're not born into this world as completely empty vessels, that will be completely and totally formed by our upbringing. We are greatly influenced by our upbringing, but there are some things that are already programmed into human nature.
I think this is exhibited by the fact that a child who is adopted can have some of the traits of his biological parents, even if he's never met them.
Am I way off base, Pel?