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While it is true that man needs rules to live by, I do not think man is not basically good.  The root meaning of Religion is rules. So religion can give theses rules.  When God created the earth  he saw that it was good , (Genesis 1: 26). When he created man in his own image ,and God, saw all the things that he made and they were very good . (Genesis 1 :31)

 

Of course sin change this to some extent. Man could be corrupted by sin, and was no longer always  good. But the basic is the same and most saints try to bring out the good in all people. for example Mother Teresa whose love for them , reflecting God's love. makes them equal, however widely they differ in intellectual and other attainments in physical beauty and grace,(Something beautiful for God"by Malcolm Muggeridge,. It was the love of the poor than made many saints. While people care for others there is goodness The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.*Mother Teressa.


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