Comment Re:The Internet is where Religion comes to die. (Score 1) 304
Actually, I don't think that's been all that prolific a belief until the modern evangelical era. The "innate moral compass" idea more or less goes against the more Biblically sound "original sin."
"There is none righteous, not even one..." as the Bible says. I don't believe - and there are plenty of (particularly conservative) Christians who also believe that the Bible more supports the idea that man is NOT good WITHOUT the change that only God can bring. Calvinists call it "Total Depravity" - where we tend toward the more sinful side, and we are only held back by not wanting to be punished rather than a desire to do good and please God.
That's why the eternal punishment idea makes more sense.
"There is none righteous, not even one..." as the Bible says. I don't believe - and there are plenty of (particularly conservative) Christians who also believe that the Bible more supports the idea that man is NOT good WITHOUT the change that only God can bring. Calvinists call it "Total Depravity" - where we tend toward the more sinful side, and we are only held back by not wanting to be punished rather than a desire to do good and please God.
That's why the eternal punishment idea makes more sense.