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tradman
Aug 11, 2006, 8:43 AM
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In reply to: I've just stumbled on this thread and I would like to know exactly where in the Bible it says that humans are evil.
Well, it doesn't.
Human beings do have a natural tendency to do bad things - have you ever met a child who needed to be taught to misbehave?
But nobody is "evil" or "good". We all do good and bad things, but our actions don't define us, and the bible is very clear that it's what's inside a person that counts to God, not what they do.
When Jesus was asked what the most important rules to live by were, he didn't say anything about good or evil, he said that we should love God with all of our heart, soul and mind, and that we should love our neighbour as we love ourselves (Mark chapter 12 verses 28-31).
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reno
Aug 11, 2006, 1:00 PM
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In reply to: We all do good and bad things, but our actions don't define us, and the bible is very clear that it's what's inside a person that counts to God, not what they do.
Which is in direct conflict with what that cute DA (Rachel something-or-another) said in "Batman Begins."
Such disparity in philosophy.... what is a man to do? ;)
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boulder_junky
Aug 11, 2006, 1:21 PM
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Well said tradman.
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