Christians have repeated the formulas of this traditional myth so often that we have become inured to the grotesque image of God they reveal, and to the destructive definition of human life they employ. Such words may have carried the Christian message in an ancient world, but they are not likely to carry it into an enlightened future. A Reformation must redefine the function of the Christ if Christianity is to remain a viable faith system. We begin that Reformation with the recognition that we are post-Darwinian people. We know that creation is neither finished nor perfect.
Human life is still in an evolving process.
New galaxies are still being formed . So the definition of human beings as fallen from an original perfection becomes unreal. Reality for us is that we emerged from the darkness of our evolutionary struggle and we have been moving for billions of years into higher and higher levels of consciousness. Thus the tale of a savior who rescued us from a fall that never happened and who has restored us to a perfection we never possessed is not likely either to communicate or to appeal to modern minds. Equally unappealing will be a liturgy designed to reenact each Sunday that saving sacrifice of the cross which required the death of the divine Son as a ransom.