QUOTE : Neither Judaism nor Eastern Christianity has ever held to the doctrine of original sin; they simply do not believe that the choice of Adam and Eve permanently altered the nature of all human beings. And ministers and scholars across the theological spectrum have long questioned the notion that Genesis 3 describes a single, historic moment in which humankind somehow lost its connection to God. Such a reading relies on flights of theological fancy far beyond the text itself and diminishes what is established in the first chapter of Genesis- that God created the world out of love, blessed it and called it good, and impressed upon each person the very image and likeness of the divine.