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How does belief in “naïve foolishness” (stage 1) contradict the idea of childhood innocence?
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as christians we believe that a child inherits Adams sinful nature and no baby is Born innocent . We are all born essentially foolish and will drift away from God unless the spirit intervenes. The belief of childhood innocence is that a child is born with no inherent sinful nature but is contaminated by the world
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One believes we are born innocents’ and things in life change and shape us to do evil and wrong doing, the other places that responsibility square on our own doing and choices and allows us to confront and approach that issue with the help of God.
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It is the complete opposite. Believing we are born into original sin with a sin nature is the only consistent view of the fall of man. Otherwise there is no consequence until we are hurt by someone else’s sin. Born innocent implies a natural purity. But our first disappointment, one could even say trauma, happens immediately at birth when we are expelled from the warm all encompassing womb of our mother into a cold world of overstimulation. Se even the idea of our total innocence is fleeting at best before we figure out our every need will not be bet… but it sure helps if you cry!
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It is the complete opposite. Believing we are born into original sin with a sin nature is the only consistent view of the fall of man. Otherwise there is no consequence until we are hurt by someone else’s sin. Born innocent implies a natural purity. But our first disappointment, one could even say trauma, happens immediately at birth when we are expelled from the warm all encompassing womb of our mother into a cold world of overstimulation.