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This means that this is not who we fundamentally are. that it was historically contingent, rather than historically necessary, that sin happened. On the other hand, the doctrine's main point is that we should know that "death is not necessary," i.e. Often Christians use the doctrine as an accusation against Adam, when really the doctrine is meant to show everyone's complicity in the violent structure of the world. Overall Alison has a very fruitful way to look at original sin. And we find out that the originating sin of Adam actually had an effect that we didn't realize (this, by the way, is Judaism doesn't have a doctrine of original sin, he argues: the resurrection has yet to happen). In other words, the resurrection gives us the ability to "read back" the story of where we've been. What we find out is that we can only understand original sin from the perspective of where we're going (salvation as new creation). In his view, it is Jesus' death as a victim, and Jesus' resurrection as a victim, give us the hermeneutical key to understanding the whole stroy (what he calls the 'intelligence of the victim'). This means that the normal Christian story goes like this: creation, fall, redemption. Traditionally the doctrine of original sin has been understood in a "foundational" manner. What we Alison takes a look at the doctrine of original sin from a very different perspective. Alison takes a look at the doctrine of original sin from a very different perspective.