The Sin Nature of Man

The Bible declares that all mankind--both men and women--have sin natures. In other words, the human sin nature is defined as: sin in the flesh. For example:
-Psalms 51:5- Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
-Romans 5:12-“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”
-Romans 7:16-18: 16.If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.
17.Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 18.For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
-Romans 8:3-“For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh”
-Romans 3:10 (Ps14:3)- “As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one”
  
  Because Satan is the father of lies, who comes to steal, kill, and destroy (Jn10:10), he has purposefully perverted the Biblical doctrine of man’s inherent sin nature to create what is arguably his greatest lie: ‘man is inherently good’. From this one lie, Satan has been able to both create and successfully promote all manner and types of “doctrines of devils”(1Tim4:1).
  An example of this is found in atheism’s ‘Humanist Manifesto II’, which declares, "As nontheists, we begin with humans, not God, nature, not deity ...But we can discover no divine purpose or providence for the human species. While there is much that we do not know, humans are responsible for what we are or will become. No deity will save us; we must save ourselves."
  On the contrary, if it is true that man can save himself---he certainly has done a poor job!!! Evolution says man is evolving upwards in life---and yet over millions and billions of years---mankind’s ‘supposed’ ability to save himself is laughable! Genghis Khan murdered 40-70 million people in the 11th and 12th centuries. During the 20th century, Pol Pot murdered 2 million Cambodians; Hitler murdered 20 million, including 6 million Jews; Stalin murdered 40 million people*; Mao murdered 60 million people!!! The book ‘Death by Government’ by RJ Rummel, gives a low estimate of 150 million people who perished by government attacks---which I repeat, is from 1900-2000…not including the deaths in wars!!!
  Is this the evidence that “man is inherently good”!?!?! Of course not! Mankind cannot save himself, or the millions of years of evolution would have already saved him! Isaiah 44:11 declares God’s truth, “I, even I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me.”
 Regarding evolution, it is yet another doctrine arising from the ‘man is inherently good’ myth. However, although atheist and evolutionist Richard Dawkins would disagree with the conclusion of this tidbit, he yet offers his description of the consequences of his beloved Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: “The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is at bottom no design, no purpose, no evil and no good. Nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. DNA neither knows nor cares. DNA just is, and we dance to its music.”
  First, in my opinion, this is probably the single worst statement I have EVER read in my entire life!!! Second, although it is impossible to move past the utter hopelessness of Dawkins’ statement, to make my point on man’s sin nature, I must try. Notice Dawkins’ unwittingly, yet wittingly, declares there is no good or evil. In Dawkins’ liberal world, his rejection of good and evil is called relativism, which, by the way, is yet another doctrine created by the ‘man is inherently good’ philosophy. However, can you imagine any rational human being---who has ever lived---holding to the preposterous notion that rejects the existence of evil?!!?! Yet, because relativism must reject absolutes—leaving truth’s only option to be defined by relativism—which permits Dawkins' intellectual justification to reject good and evil!
  However, if we use just an ‘itsy’ bit of rational thinking, we must conclude that Dawkins’ rejection of design, purpose, good, and evil is self-contradictory. Why? Take ‘design’ for example. All design requires purpose. Or, to design a thing requires a purpose for that thing—to create it! Or, very simply, one designs according to a purpose.   
 But design and purpose must end in meaning. Or said another way, purpose ends with definitions. I repeat, purpose gives birth to meaning in life, including the meaning of words. Yet, the very ‘words’ Dawkins uses to describe the consequence of evolution: “no design, no purpose, no evil and no good” —obviously have meaning!! Why? Because again, and without exception, all communication requires definitions/meanings of words to convey a communicator’s intent. Therefore, all words have purpose, which means all words have meaning; therefore, Dawkins’ words have both purpose and meaning!
  Yet, Dawkins still irrationally contends that the creation has “no design, no purpose, no evil and no good”. But if design does not exist, purpose cannot exist! If purpose does not exist, meaning cannot exist! If meaning does not exist, then the very words of Dawkins’ statement: “no design, no purpose, no evil and no good” can have no meaning! Hence, Dawkins’ diatribe on the universe having “no design, no purpose, no evil and no good” is a self-contradiction!
  On the contrary, I’m happy to report that because God exists, and the God who exists is absolute, absolutes do exist, which means design, purpose, evil, and good all have meaning… and therefore all exist, because…they all originate from the design and purpose of the Great Designer: the Creator God!  
  One final point. If ‘man is inherently good’—which is required if man has no sin nature--even though evil cannot exist within the framework of the ‘man is inherently good’ philosophy---yet because evil does exist---one must invent evil, and its cause(s)…OR…learn to live in permanent dissonance!
  So, how does the crowd that holds to ‘man is inherently good’  resolve their unresolvable problem? They deify man…which in their distorted opinion allows them to think whatever they want, and to do whatever they want! So…what do they do? For the present, they grab hold of Marxism and its victimology---and push it all over the world!!
  In practice, how then does their Marxism and victimology look? They divide people into groups and simply declare: the rich oppress the poor (literally meaning everyone); or the majority oppress the minority; or the Whites oppress the Blacks (or BIPOC**); or the heterosexuals oppress the homosexuals and transgenders; or American citizens oppress the illegal aliens crossing the border; or the Israelis oppress the Palestinians! And, what’s worst of all—Christians/Jews oppress the Muslims…including oppressing the aforementioned groups!***
 In conclusion, the following two Biblical doctrines:
1.God originally created man like Himself
2.Man sinned and fell, and inherited a sin nature
…are not only foundational to the Bible, but affect the entire creation!!
 
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.                             -Pro9:10
 
 
*Which includes starving 7-10 million Ukrainians in what’s called the Holodomor. The absurdity of ‘man is inherently good’ is self-evident!
**The acronym is: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. My question is, how has this philosophy worked for mankind?
***This is aka as Kimberly Crenshaw’s ‘Intersectionality’
 
Quotebit
 “Great faith is the product of great fights. Great testimonies are the outcome of great tests. Great triumphs can only come out of great trials."   -Smith Wigglesworth