One of the consequences of a loss of the sense of sin is a widespread lack of rigour in contemporary epistemology. It’s as if being Sinless means that those in this privileged state can arrive at truth without prolonged, concentrated effort. Of course, rigour in the form of experimentation, logical analysis and consideration of criticism is honoured by the Sinless in specialist areas like medicine and physics, but in the more common arena of society and politics it seems to be assumed that the…