“Why do we feel guilty, even when we’ve done nothing to bring on illness or death – even when we’ve done everything possible to prevent it? Suffering feels like punishment, as cultural anthropologists observe; no doubt that’s one reason why people still tell the story of Adam and Eve, which interprets suffering that way.”

“Why do we feel guilty, even when we’ve done nothing to bring on illness or death – even when we’ve done everything possible to prevent it? Suffering feels like punishment, as cultural anthropologists observe; no doubt that’s one reason why people still tell the story of Adam and Eve, which interprets suffering that way.”

— Elaine Pagels