People Are Basically Good?

If you get out and talk to people about spiritual matters, you'll find that atheists and agnostics tend to want evidence.

Fact and figures, they say, are what they base their beliefs upon.

These same people, when asked about human nature, often state they believe that "people are basically good."

The Bible teaches the opposite. Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;" (NKJV)

Which is right, the non-believer or the Bible? The one who wants "evidence" or the written record of the God of the Universe?

Let's look at some facts and figures, some hard evidence, to find out.

Note: all of the following are from government agencies in the USA, about the USA.

In the USA alone, there are about 16,000 murders annually. About 6000 of those murders go unsolved. That means 1/3 of all murderers are walking the streets with you and me.

About 93,000 times each year, someone commits the crime of rape. Some claim this number is artificially low since many rapes go unreported.

Robbery is defined as "taking something from a person against their will." This happens about 401,000 times each year.

Theft is the act of entering a property without permission and removing property. How many times does this happen in the USA? About 2,143,000.

The city of Boise, Idaho reported recently that 79% of all crime is unsolved.

It's not hard to see that every day each one of us probably walks past, stands next to, drives behind, or chats with a fugitive from the law.

So which is correct, the non-believer who says "people are basically good", or the Bible which claims "the heart is deceitful and wicked"?

You wanted proof? There's your proof. You wanted evidence? Done. You wanted hard facts and figures that can be tested and verified? You got them.

The fact is, the Bible is right and the non-believers are wrong.

If you are a non-believer, consider this: if you are wrong about this, what else are you wrong about?

Of course, the non-believer reading this may think, "well, others may not be so good, but I'm a good person."

Really?

Are you willing to test that too? If you are, then I challenge you to take the good person test now.

Just click: Take The Good Person Test or go to http://www.wayofthemaster.com/goodperson.shtml