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Questions tagged [total-depravity]

Doctrine that every person is born enslaved to sin and unable to choose to follow God

Total depravity, also called radical corruption, is a doctrine derived from original sin that teaches that every person born is a slave to sin and is unable, except by the grace of God, to choose to follow God.

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What doctrines teach that people are inherently good or bad?

Are we "basically sinful" or "basically good" (are we born fundamentally sinful, or are we born holy but then "fall to temptation?). What I really want are the names of the doctrines associated with that age-old question - not the answers…
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What is the opposite of Total Depravity?

One of the core beliefs of all Calvinists (and many Christians in general) is that of Total Depravity. Fundamentally, it suggests that mankind is inherently fallen, corrupt, and incapable of doing good of his own accord. There is a good question on…
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