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From: george@sysvis
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Subject: Re: The true God lives in the real
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 12:50:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 12:50:00 1985
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> Incorrect.  The Bible teaches that the heart (i.e. will) of man is evil and
> wicked.  Pharaoh, on his own, could have acted no other way.  The
> unregenerate man (Pharaoh) can only act according to his nature, which 
> Pharaoh did in this case.  What happened to Pharaoh happens to every 
> person who rejects God and His offer of salvation.

If the "Bible" teaches that man is basically evil, where is it?  I have 
seen no evidence of this.  It is considered `harmful' for a man to be to
be `willful' (read self-glorification) or `wanton' (read `will-less'), but
this as an interpretation of all men being basically evil is a totally dif-
ferent story.  The idea of `evil man' is only a `dogmatic whip' and was
created by those who wished to subjugate others for their own purposes.

Actually, if one were to try to explain the entire set of actions of men as
a whole, the ONLY consistent tautology is developed from the basis that man
is basically good.  After all, was not (spiritual) man made in the "image
of God"? (Genesis)  After being made in this image, he fails through his own
(acts of) `willfulness' not his (innate) `will'.  There is a major and very
important difference here.  For your own benefit, check it out carefully.