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Avatar: Systemic Sin Against Creation - Progressive (Genesis 3)

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In Avatar, human corporations exploit Pandora, destroying its ecosystem for profit. The Na'vi live in harmony with creation; humans bring domination and death. Progressive theology reads Genesis 3 as the origin of systemic sin: the fall fractured not just individual souls but all relationships—between humans and God, humans and each other, humans and creation. "Cursed is the ground because of you." Sin becomes embedded in structures: patriarchy (3:16), exploitative labor (3:17-19), violence (4:8). The fall is not just personal guilt but structural brokenness requiring systemic healing.

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