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The Temptations of Augustine
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![I once stole a pear in Vegas, just to watch it die.](http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/temptationsOfAugustine.png)
I once stole a pear in Vegas, just to watch it die.
The first sin that Augustine remembers doing was as a child stealing pears, just to steal them. That is, it was the crime itself that made him want to do it, he didn't even want the pears, he just wanted to sin. It was his "original sin" in a sense, and he always felt most guilty about it.
The first sin that Augustine remembers doing was as a child stealing pears, just to steal them. That is, it was the crime itself that made him want to do it, he didn't even want the pears, he just wanted to sin. It was his "original sin" in a sense, and he always felt most guilty about it.
Philosophers in this comic:
Augustine of Hippo
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