I did not say that. I listed the fall alongside the proclivity to sin of the human heart as a source of evil.
Man learns to sin by imitation. Eve imitated the logic of the devil and sinned, being deceived, and Adam imitated Eve at her request and sinned, being not deceived. The result of the fall, was sin in he world, i.e. men sinning and teaching others to sin by their example. It is the practice of sin itself that causes the human heart to become wicked, such that it becomes deceitful and incapable of allowing the body to do good, or the mind which delights in good, to control the body.
was there only an example/imitation?!, what was first, seduction or example/imitation?!, it is written in scripture that the "serpent" seduced eve into "eating" of the forbidden "tree", and only then they "ate" of it and "sewed fig leaves" together and made themselves "aprons", i.e. only after they were seduced by the devil into doing that, so, sin is not only an example and imitation, but also, and first of all, a seduction - it is actually one of the names of satan himself, albeit an impersonal one, yes, sin itself is satan himself, and the sins themselves are the devils/negative spirits themselves, which is why Jesus said the following to the scribes and pharisees that reasoned and said He (supposedly) spoke blasphemies when once He forgave the sins of one paralytic:
Luke 5:22-25 (NIV) "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. So he said to the paralyzed man, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were filled with awe and said, We have seen remarkable things today."
yes, forgiveness of sins is actually a removal of the negative spirits, which are also the primary cause and source of the symptoms and damages occurring in the process/as a result of the illness/diseases/disorders/disabilities/invalidities - Jesus and His true disciples thus healed many sick of all kinds of diseases/disorders/disabilities, i.e. just by forgiving their sins, and to forgive sins means to take the power of the negative spirits...
The gospel is sown in the heart of a wicked man, and then the wicked one, often acting through wicked men, comes along and steals the gospel message.
Mat 13:19.
Wickedness breeds ever more wickedness if left unchecked (
Romans 1:29, the example of Sodom), but to say that there is one wickedness that is the source of all others? I don't think that is biblical unless cast in generic terms such as unbelief, pride, contentment with ignorance of God etc. This is the spiritual disease of mankind.
if some robot is hacked at a most basal, system level so that it begins to do things that it should not do, what will the cause of its irregular behavior be?!, of course hacking, so the cause of all kinds of evil and unrighteousness/lawlessness/wickedness is the spiritual one, yes, (the) spiritual unrighteousness/lawlessness/wickedness is the cause and source of all other kinds of evil and unrighteousness/lawlessness/wickedness, as it is explained in Daniel 7:
Daniel 7:1-28 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my
vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four
great beasts came up
from the sea(note: remember that the beast comes from the "sea" - Revelation 13:1), diverse one from another. The first was like a lion
(i.e. it was dignified), and had eagle's wings
(i.e. and had an impulse): I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it
(i.e. i beheld until it started to realize its impulse - note: this is the physical activity and iniquity). And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear
(i.e. it was affluent/consumptive), and it raised up itself on one side
(i.e. and acquisitive/voracious), and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh
(note: this is the economic(al) activity and iniquity). After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard
(i.e. it was mental), which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads
(i.e. which acted and thought with vigor); and dominion was given to it
(note: this is the intellectual/mental activity and iniquity). After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast
(i.e. the spiritual/religious iniquity), dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth
(i.e. great spiritual mastery): it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it
(i.e. it turned the things upside down and broke up them into smaller units in favor of its system, and seized the whole world): and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it
(i.e. and it turned out that it has been the cause/root and the source/core of all other iniquities and evils since the very beginning of the reign of evil); and it had ten horns
(i.e. it had at least ten chakras i.e. unclean/devilish spirits). I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn
(i.e. the sixth chakra stood out among the other chakras), before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots
(i.e. the first three chakras which primarily represent the sex(uality), and the other physical sensory activities, usually considered to be/marked for being the original sin in/by the system of (the) spiritual iniquity): and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man
(or: the two remaining chakras - eleventh and twelfth, which are the highest ones appearing as a result of the deeper and more systematic occult/idolatrous process (of self-realization/self-knowledge)), and a mouth speaking great things
(i.e. and a mind which prophesies satanic/unrighteous/guileful things). I beheld till the thrones were cast down
(i.e. the reign of the "fourth beast" continued until the moment when the full number of the true Saints came in), and the Ancient of days did sit
(i.e. and then the true God, the Heavenly Father, began to wake completely and permanently up from the state of incomplete wakefulness into which He had fallen since the seventh day), whose garment was white as snow
(i.e. whose glory was perfectly good), and the hair of his head like the pure wool
(i.e. and whose wisdom was full of perfect love for humans): his throne was like the fiery flame
(i.e. His Reign and Spirit was completely righteous), and his wheels as burning fire
(i.e. and Its four "winds" (were) all-saving). A fiery stream
(i.e. a Good Word/Movement) issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words
(i.e. of the false prophecies) which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts
(i.e. as for the physical, the economic and the mental/intellectual activities), they had their dominion taken away
(i.e. thus their satanic power had been removed, i.e. together with the removal of spiritual lawlessness/wickedness, the fourth "beast"): yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time
(i.e. for a certain time)..... I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. These great beasts
(i.e. those great iniquities), which are four, are four kings
(i.e. are also four natural activities), which shall arise out of the earth
(i.e. the physical, the economic, the mental/intellectual and the spiritual/religious one, respectively). But the saints of the most High
(i.e. the true Saints) shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast
(i.e. about the spiritual/religious iniquity), which was diverse from all the others
(i.e. which turned out to be the cause/root/source/core of all other iniquities and evils), exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron
(i.e. whose word(s) was(were) like that(those) of God), and his nails of brass
(i.e. and its power(s) of grace, but not of the true true God); which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet
(i.e. with its activity); And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes
(or: which leads to the highest two chakras), and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints
(i.e. with the true Saints), and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came
(i.e. began to wake completely and permanently up, including because of their faithfulness and prayer), and judgment was given to the saints of the most High
(i.e. to the true Saints); and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces
(i.e. and shall defile it and try to possess it by means of up to 33.3% of the Heavenly grace/bliss). And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings
(i.e. the chakras are devilish spirits) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them
(i.e. among them, i.e. the main process of spiritual lawlessness/wickedness - e.g. the process of yoga); and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.",
in this(7th) chapter of Daniel, the four main (kinds of) iniquities are presented in reverse order i.e. in order of their noticeability/observability, because the physical iniquity is most noticeable/observable, the economic(al) iniquity is less noticeable/observable than the physical one, the intellectual/mental is less noticeable/observable than the economic(al), while the spiritual iniquity is least noticeable/observable though it is the main one that is the cause and the source of all others, including of all other evils
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