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Tue Feb-28-06 09:50 PM
Response to Reply #18

20. Actually, according to Catholic theology, man is good by nature.

As a creature of God he was made good. Sin is considered a deviation from his nature. Common, but not natural.

As for Machiavelli, he's wrong. If evil predominated, nothing would hold together, society would end. What keeps it going is the daily cooperation between humans.

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