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Original Sin and its defence by Jonathan Edwards

Prominent head-teacher Katherine Birbalsingh, known as the co-founder of ‘Britain’s strictest school’, sparked a Twitter storm in October 2021 after saying that children are born with ‘original sin’ and must be ‘habituated into choosing good over evil.’ Her view was called ‘medieval.’ An MSP responded:

‘Children are not born bad. Children are born good and I would suggest trauma, poverty … and negative influences of adults are what drive negative behaviour into adulthood. We must nurture and protect our children not stigmatise them from birth.’

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