Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: a small question Message-ID: Date: 3 Oct 90 07:26:54 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronx Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article jmoon@lehi3b15.csee.lehigh.edu (Jonggu Moon [890911]) writes: >If we are supposed to love our neighbor, >how come we're born with the killer instinct ? Well, I don't agree that we are born with a "killer instinct." The natural man may not be very nice to his fellows but killing another human is something most of us do with great reluctance if at all, just talk to anybody who has been in the army. Of course this is still a good question, "How come we're born with the instinct to take advantage of others (steal, hurt, etc.)? Actually I think this is rather at the heart of Christianity. The whole point is that through Christ we can become something quite different from what we are at birth, putting on the new man and learning charity. "Be not deceived: neither fornicators nor idolaters nor...shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such *were* some of you but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus by the Spirit of our God." (1 Cor 6:9-11, emphasis mine)