Are people born good and do bad things, or are they born bad and do good things?<\/p>\n\t
“Truly, this only I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes<\/em>” (Ecclesiastes 7:29).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thus we learn that people are born sinless, but become sinful as they grow up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Are people born good and do bad things, or are they born bad and do good things? Answer: “Truly, this only I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes” (Ecclesiastes 7:29). Thus we learn that people are born sinless, but become sinful as they grow up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[434,1196,113,179],"class_list":["post-7791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-age-of-accountability","tag-inherited-sins","tag-original-sin","tag-sin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18968,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-there-such-things-as-mamzers-good-and-bad-seeds\/","url_meta":{"origin":7791,"position":0},"title":"Are there such things as “mamzers” — good and bad seeds?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am confused about good seeds and bad seeds and the children produced from the joining of good and bad seed; called \"mamzers.\" Could you give me some help, please? 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