effects of original sin

• What did Adam and Eve's sin corrupt

  Everything including Human freedom to do good and follow God's will
• how can humans be redeemed

  Through God's grace - If people can be saved through their own efforts then Christ 's death was pointless
• How did Augustine see the will after the fall

  As ' divided ' - people still have ability to reason and recognise right from wrong but were at the mercy of ' concupiscence ' (lust) , so we are inclined to sin
• What do humans now need in society that they didn't before the fall

  A repressive political authority - to restrict our sinful nature