I never said there was a preternatural state of perfection. There was a preternatural state with volition living in a place of perfection. It chose sinfulness which continues till this day. Sinfulness doesn't separate God from us, because he can't be offended, it separates us from Him. You're entitled to your opinions that it is outdated, childish and non-sense.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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