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Man was created good and perfect. He was created with various appetites or inclinations, such as the desiderative. which leads to desire, and others. When he sinned in the Garden of Eden, he sinned by using these appetites in the wrong way. This resulted in expulsion from the Garden. All men born after this have these same inclinations, and when they are misused, sin occurs. But man is not evil until he allows himself to sin and continues in sin. So, fren, if a church says that man is inherently evil, they aren't explaining it properly. Man can be either good or evil.

We have free will, and temptation is real, but it's always our choice to be what we want.

Man isn't evil, but it is ignorant and powerful and free.

Savour the moment, a man is what he does.

Inherently? No, but very capable of it.

First, I believe we are born in God's image and he's not evil! Just like a parent should be he's firm and doesn't want bad or evil behavior. I believe everyone is born innocent, not knowing or having the bad behavior in them. It's how we are influenced from birth that shapes how we turn out, evil or good. Even if you aren't religious, following any faith most people know right from wrong. You can say you don't but I wouldn't believe you. Only someone with a mental disorder would be the exception. As far as evil, I think some people choose to be evil because it's fun and easier than following rules. Most people like this usually start down the wrong path as teenagers due to who influenced them. In the past thirty years there's many influences other than parents or care giver. So many kids or young teens play violent video games that's way worse than any TV or movie I've ever seen, and I watch a lot of TV. However I watch violet movies/TV and am not evil. Things like Walking Dead, historical movies with fighting and war, etc might influence weaker people that haven't been exposed to good people. Hard to explain what I'm thinking on this subject, watching TV. I didn't grow up watching anything like this other than 70s westerns. I never shot a gun (except BB gun) till I was in my twenties. Even though I grew up in the south where hunting and guns are very common. I never had the desire. I was raised in church and have good influences of wrong and right. This is not an easy question to answer! So many children don't have a solid upbringing but that doesn't make all people evil.

Only wamans is inherently evil.

Adam was doing alright for himself until that fateful day God removed his rib.

I think the "original sin" is a very twisted interpretation somewhere along the way with all the versions of the BIble. I am truly interested in understanding the correct interpretation. I think it has to do with accepting the responsibility of knowledge, but thats just a simple interpretation.

Also, I know everyone believes Jesus died to tone for the sins of humans, but I think the interpretation of that is also different.

We all know Jesus was crucified exactly because he exposed the money lenders in the temple - the root of all evil (even in our time, its the same Banksters).

We also know the only reason money can destroy humanity is because of our weaknesses - like greed.

So Jesus died to expose the evil of the money and our own inherent flaw in keep falling for the same evil again and again.

Its ironic that by twisting this into "died for the sin of man" without retaining the context, the message has been lost.