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Blackguard_ said:That's not in the Bible. Its a common idea, but there is no Biblical support for it.
Jerlene said:Everyone's born pure and well and you have to add or detract from that over the years.
Was asked that. Never heard of it. Thought it was interesting. Yep.
Pogue said:I believe we are born innocent but with the capacity to do sin. This in itself isn't evil, but it is a human weakness.
The problem is that you are trying to determine the state of being at the beginning of a person's life by their actions much much much later on. This would be all well and good, except that blank slate or not, we all agree that the environment has a tremendous effect on us. In particular we are all taught and we all learn.tcampen said:Whether people are born evil and corrupt, or born loving and good is just a question of one's world view. I happen to be optimistic about my fellow humans.
I recognize everyone has the capability of doing evil, but that a vast majority people choose do good over evil a vast majority of the time. This seems to go against the notion we are inherently corrupt or evil. Certainly, we are not perfect. But we are certainly not all that bad, either.
Guess I'm just more of a "cup's half full" kinda guy.
It is not an exactly an evil nature but it is certainly an unreasoned nature. In humans we have the choice to eventually develop our reason or to ignore it. When people become willfully ignorant, that is, when they cultivate their animal nature instead of their rational nature, that is where immorality comes in. Really I mean immorality, but in this thread people seem to be using evil and immorality interchangeably and I went along with it.Stinker said:B The New Testament teaches that we are all born with an animal nature. Psuchickos (#5591 Strong's).
The word psuchikos is translated natural in 1Cor.2:14 and in this verse is compared to a spiritual person. In other words, an unconverted person is compared to a converted person.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
So at what point does an animal nature become an evil nature?
The word "pure" indicates the lack of anything "else". So the question becomes, "Pure in what sense?"Jerlene said:Everyone's born pure and well and you have to add or detract from that over the years.
Was asked that. Never heard of it. Thought it was interesting. Yep.
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