Many present day philosophies and worldviews claim people are basically good and that bad or immoral behavior is the exception. The Bible states quite the opposite - that “They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip, say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil. (Romans 1 29-30)” Because of this fact, people need a Savior in order to be acceptable to God. In contrast, the implication of the "people are good" worldview is that good people don't need a Savior. Likewise, the examples of human atrocities, communism and outright greed show that mankind as a whole is evil.
If you examine the atrocities perpetrated by people within the last century, you find an enormous number of murders. Prior, as well as during the Second World War, Adolph Hitler killed six million Jewish......
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