Beaver County News | 1926-09-10 | Page 2 | Moral Values have Undergone Change since the Garden of Eden

Moral Values Have Undergone Change Since the Garden of Eden By PROF. CHARLES FRANCIS POTTER, Antioch College. What is the greatest sin according to theology? The sin of Adam (and Eve. What was their sin? They transgressed a taboo and partook j of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, or so we are told Rut 13 t a sm to wnt to know good from evil? Not today." You cannot be Sod unless you klw the difference. Goodness con-, con-, sists of choosing the good when you could choose the evil Under this tree of knowledge is every institution of learning in the modern world If curiosity is a sin, if the desire to know good from evil is a sin then sin is a virtue. In other words, moral values have changed . A "one philosophy man" is as dangerous as a "one reli-non man" I and .t is well 'isten to science, religion and philosophy "and learn from them all,