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Originally Posted by Aquila
On a basic level, if they are correct, no man is an island. No sin or trauma only effects you. It changes you. And... Your choices and experiences can be effect generations after you when you have children. How much more important does this make living a righteous life. How much more serious does this make war, abuse, and oppression?
This blows away the argument that our choices only effect us. Everything we do might effect innocent descendants.
A sobering thought that science is confirming Scripture.
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That seems quite obvious, sufficient to say it's a given.
The abusive drunkard (for instance) is going to stamp all of his ugliness unto his children, who are going to be warped and likely abusive to the next generation, onward down the line.
But the Gospel can and does break the chain linking the descendant to that abusive drunkard.