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Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Or are people evil by nature?


To define these in terms of the world (as opposed to this being rephrased version of "Are people born into sin?"), a "good" person would be someone who does good things for others, considers others above themselves (or at least is considerate of other people's feelings), and generally wants to do things to benefit or help others.

Evil, by comparison would be people who are egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit. This covers a range of "evil" actions (from manipulative people all the way up to murderous people.)

Another way to view this: "good" could be correlated to "love", and "evil" could be correlated to "hate".


I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Or are people evil by nature?


To define these in terms of the world (as opposed to this being rephrased version of "Are people born into sin?"), a "good" person would be someone who does good things for others, considers others above themselves (or at least is considerate of other people's feelings), and generally wants to do things to benefit or help others.

Evil, by comparison would be people who are egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit. This covers a range of "evil" actions (from manipulative people all the way up to murderous people.)

Another way to view this: "good" could be correlated to "love", and "evil" could be correlated to "hate".


I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Or are people evil by nature?


To define these in terms of the world (as opposed to this being rephrased version of "Are people born into sin?"), a "good" person would be someone who does good things for others, considers others above themselves (or at least is considerate of other people's feelings), and generally wants to do things to benefit or help others.

Evil, by comparison would be people who are egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit. This covers a range of "evil" actions (from manipulative people all the way up to murderous people.)

Another way to view this: "good" could be correlated to "love", and "evil" could be correlated to "hate".


I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

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Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

AreAre people, by nature, good? Or are people evil by nature?


To define these in terms of the world (as opposed to this being rephrased version of "Are people, by nature born into sin?"), a "good" person would be someone who does good? Meaning things for others, do people tend toconsiders others above themselves (or at least is considerate of other people's feelings), and wantgenerally wants to do good things andto benefit or help out others?.

Or are people evil by nature? In other wordsEvil, do people tend toby comparison would be people who are egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit?. This covers a range of "evil" actions (from manipulative people all the way up to murderous people.)

Another way to view this: "good" could be correlated to "love", and "evil" could be correlated to "hate".


I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Meaning, do people tend to and want to do good things and help out others?

Or are people evil by nature? In other words, do people tend to be egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit?

I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Or are people evil by nature?


To define these in terms of the world (as opposed to this being rephrased version of "Are people born into sin?"), a "good" person would be someone who does good things for others, considers others above themselves (or at least is considerate of other people's feelings), and generally wants to do things to benefit or help others.

Evil, by comparison would be people who are egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit. This covers a range of "evil" actions (from manipulative people all the way up to murderous people.)

Another way to view this: "good" could be correlated to "love", and "evil" could be correlated to "hate".


I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?

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Are people by nature good or are they inherently evil?

Inspired by the question Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one?.

Are people, by nature, good? Meaning, do people tend to and want to do good things and help out others?

Or are people evil by nature? In other words, do people tend to be egoistical, to the point of being willing to do harm to others for their own benefit?

I've heard that some humanists believe that people are, by nature, good people. That people, in general, want to help others, support each other's causes, and do things to benefit others over themselves.

What does the Bible say about this? Are there other extra-biblical Christian documents/doctrine to support one way or the other?