I will confess... I do not believe in the disabling of man’s will... and in this sense... I do not subscribe to the specific doctrine of total depravity.
What allows you and I to theologically be in step is a mechanism I note, called “Privation”.
“Privation”
(a state in which things that are essential for human well-being such as food and warmth are scarce or lacking.)
What this means to me is that in Eden, mankind was in the True Vine... theologically speaking. Mankind had all provision of Food, Health, Wealth, Love, Companionship, Selfless Authority and Sustenance... etc. etc. This included access to the Tree Of Life. I see the Tree Of Life as literal and simultaneously a symbol of Being In the Son. Mind you... the “did man eat of the Tree” Question spawns debates of all types... but is irrelevant to this point.
Mankind was deceived... (Specifically Eve) by a malevolent Force Of corrupted Will, as in Will that was so arrogant it fancied itself as wise as God!
This malevolent Force convinces Eve to join in its arrogance. People read Romans 1 to condemn a certain group of sinners... but the actual context is Temple prostitution. Leave it to mankind to fixate on the Carnal and ignore the Spiritual!
Spiritually speaking... Eve became Spiritually unfaithful to God and bound to Satan as her governing leader. She was literally subject to “Death”... which is a fine name for the Deceiver with all scripture taken into context. (We turn to dust and his curse was to “eat dust”)
Temple prostitution on the other hand wasn’t just a Spiritual infidelity, but people that literally thought sexually joining themselves to the Religious elite would draw them closer to God! This is why the Romans 1 Verbiage circles towards placing the Creation over the Creator!
When Paul talks about fornication with a prostitute... he is likening joining with a false gospel to Copulating with a temple priest!
You know how “gentle” Paul is with his analogies,
This even binds to “cutting the whole thing off”... because Paul is calling people of false gospels... “harlots”... sexually joined to one another... which Disgusts Paul so much he wishes they would be unable to blaspheme God with their wicked False Gospels! (Unable to join to one another)
The male aspect of the analogy binds to men who speak in place of God and thus declare themselves ... “God”... and thus teach other men to join in their Pride. This removes the “female” subordination of the “marriage” from the equation of Hebrew Patriarchy (Always intended to point to God) and makes all members of a Prostitute Body, Men “Joined” to men! These men place their faith in one another and thusly are an abominable body comprised of Creations that have placed the Creation over the Creator and thus are turned over to “Their Reprobate Minds”.
These people are of the same Spiritual type as those that sacrificed their children to Ba’al! They are Murderous of Spiritual Truth and Blaspheme the Blessed Hope.
Round about to say... No man has responded to Privation without Sinning except the Son Of God, God the Son... (Proven in the wilderness) thus proving God is the Champion and defender of Humanity... not only because He is our Creator and Savior, but He is the only perfectly Selfless Being in all of Existence. In the face of Privation, God does not choose SELF. He is Infinite in Being, in every wonderful way and able, by His Will, to know Evil and never choose it!
Bottom line, other than God the Son, The Son Of God, mankind proves itself selfish and thus sinful, in the flesh... Daily.
IMO... in knowledge that our mechanisms of understanding probably differ here.
I figured now was a fair time to share my insanity.