This also means then that God endowed humanity with all of the necessary faculties which, when properly nurtured, allow us to make lucid choices concerning our own well being. ... Augustine, in contrast, believes that humans are by nature sinful and flawed and that human reasoning is futile and falls short of that which is required for a good and proper life. ... Similarly, in his personal life he was forced to call upon his own faculties when debating which religious sect to join. ... It was his own rationality and free will that allowed him to see the contradictive nature of the other se...

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