Antoine, I’m pretty sure you are aware of the points where our respective worldviews are congruent and where they differ. But I thought Michelle might gain some insight if I ‘rehashed’ mine
It seems likely to me, at least, that the concept of fairness could not reach full flower in the evolution of the primate line until Homo sapiens was established. Indeed, the desire for ‘life to be fair’ can be considered as good a marker as any for a primate to be considered “fully human”. But most likely that occurred as a process over a time period–not as in a single couple that we can refer to as Adam & Eve.
Furthermore, as Christians who adhere to the doctrine that Jesus’ death on the cross was needed to save us from the consequences of an Original Sin committed against God the Father, we struggle to explain how this could be considered as ‘Fair’. Either it must remain a mystery, or, as a scientist would say, “We need a paradigm shift.” For me, the essence of such a paradigm shift is replacing Original Sin with Original Blessing: a Gift given when our Homo sapiens brain evolved to reach the capability of Mind which could then seek to imitate its Creator; or else selfishly seek out pleasure and reject this Gift. (Like pearls cast before swine??)
The full potential of the Homo sapiens species is NOT attained in any one individual (except perhaps for Jesus who is a special case), but only in the societies they formulate. (E. O. Wilson is most famous for describing this (from an atheist viewpoint) for the insect world.) This adds the complication of dealing with ‘Societal Sins’ as well as individual sins.
God bless us in these trying times.
Al Leo