I'm sorry, I should have clarified - anything that is consistent with the character of God. I'm no theologian, but I think at the most basic level, God is characterized in the Bible as being both just and good. (Leaving aside the question of whether we believe that's true or not.)
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Oh, of course children can be wonderful. (And every parent wishes they'd behave that way always!) I never fail to marvel at children. The world would be dull and colorless without them.
So I am not saying we are only completely rotten. Of course we have good qualities too. All I'm saying is that we seem to be born with a very strong bent toward wrong - even stronger than the bent toward good.
As hard as everyone tries, the world is still a mess. This is true in every culture, in every age, as far back as civlizations have existed. And since civilizations are made up of individuals, where else can we start looking at this problem but with the individual person?
There seems to be something within the human soul that causes us to screw things up royally. I know that's true in my life, and I don't know anyone who doesn't struggle with that as well.
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Oh, of course children can be wonderful. (And every parent wishes they'd behave that way always!) I never fail to marvel at children. The world would be dull and colorless without them.
So I am not saying we are only completely rotten. Of course we have good qualities too. All I'm saying is that we seem to be born with a very strong bent toward wrong - even stronger than the bent toward good.
As hard as everyone tries, the world is still a mess. This is true in every culture, in every age, as far back as civlizations have existed. And since civilizations are made up of individuals, where else can we start looking at this problem but with the individual person?
There seems to be something within the human soul that causes us to screw things up royally. I know that's true in my life, and I don't know anyone who doesn't struggle with that as well.