The doctrine of original sin has to be removed from the church's doctrines and replaced with a more realistic understanding of human frailty as it has garnered though evolutionary processes. The idea that ‘Eve' or some primordial figure is to blame for our ‘fallen' nature and all of history's consequent tragedies. That God has imposed human suffering as punishment for this primary or original act of rebellion, whatever it may possibly be is preposterous."  