Oh, the desperation.
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The idea of checks and balances is considered to be the constitutional answer to the Fall, recognizing that all humanity is subject to misusing power if put in that position. The Fall is clearly biblical, has no other source in human thought.
The idea that it is specifically about the Fall rather than a recognition of the dangers of giving too much power to any one individual or institution is simply unsupported. Obviously there are more likely sources. It could be a response to and a rejection of the - Christian - idea of the Divine Right of Kings ? - an issue more relevant to the American Revolution. Or it might be inspired by classical history (it is not for nothing that some of the authors of the Federalist Papers chose a pseudonym relating to one of the founders of the Roman Republic).
Until a real connection to the specifically Christian idea of the Fall is introduced the Fall story as such - which is all that can be claimed to be unique to Christianity is irrelevant bluster, meant only to obscure the lack of any real case.
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