As usual, I enjoyed your comments - especially with the reference of Psalm 10:4. Like many, I was only taught the original sin was simply disobedience, but have since learned that there is more to it than that - as in what I call the Blame Game. Yet, I missed the focus of your discovery of the Pride Factor. Both games have flourished through the centuries., and I don't mean to lessen the significance by calling them "games."