A brief consideration of the mechanics of sin

It is commonly accepted with considerable biblical justification that the initial act of disobedience by Adam and Eve resulted in a tragic change as to their essential nature. Not only had sin entered the human race, but man\u27s essential nature had now become sinful. It is also well known that a fundamental concern of contemporary existential thinking is the problem of meaning, purpose or significance from a perspective of the absence of absolutes. In light of orthodox Christian thinking concerning the nature and practice of sin and existential thinking with regard to the problem of meaninglessness, it is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate that though Christian orthodoxy rejects with fervor the existentialist\u27s agnosticism with respect to absolutes, it should receive with gratitude its fresh focus on the fundamental problem of meaning, particularly as it sheds light on the mechanics of sin both in the unregenerate and the regenerate