Is man inherently good or inherently evil?

Rrhain writes:Is salvation by faith or works? Paul says faith. Peter says works.

Jandy Stone writes:Are you questioning the differences in Paul & Peter's methods? Or calling? Because Paul was called to preach to the Gentiles, as he did throughout Acts in Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Italy. He still preached to the Jews as well, always going to the synogogue first, but his primary mission was to Gentiles. Peter, I think, was based more in the Jerusalem area.
Peter had trouble, at times, overcoming his Judaistic tendencies, as evidenced by the passage in Galatians where Paul mentions having to rebuke Peter for snubbing Gentiles when the Judaisers were present. Notice also the passage in Acts where Peter is treated to the vision of the unclean animals, telling him that the ceremonial differences between Jews and Gentiles were being erased by God.

Fr Lane writes:We remember today Saints Peter and Paul who guided the early church just after the time of Jesus. Both died as martyrs for the faith in Rome, in the early 60’s, just thirty years after the death of Jesus. Peter was crucified upside down in the courtyard just to the left of St Peter’s Basilica (in the courtyard behind the arch where the Swiss Guards stand on duty) and Paul was beheaded in a place between Rome and the sea, now called Tre Fontane (Italian for three fountains after the legend that the three springs in the spot mark the three places where Paul’s head bounced after being beheaded). Peter was buried in the nearest cemetery which was on top of Vatican Hill and St Peter's Basilica was later built on top of Peter's tomb, the main altar being directly on top of his tomb. Paul was also buried in the nearest cemetery and the Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls was later build on top of his tomb, the main altar being directly on top of his tomb.
Each of these two saints is important for different reasons. Peter is important because he was the first Pope and kept the church united which was growing very rapidly in the years following Pentecost. In the first years after Pentecost it was Jews who accepted Jesus as the Saviour and so the early church was a very Jewish church. But as time went on Paul began to preach also to non-Jews, the Gentiles as they were called. All of us are Gentiles and . His preaching was very successful and he brought huge numbers of non-Jews into the church, so much so that the number of Jews in the church was greatly outnumbered by non-Jews. It is because of Paul that we are now in the Church. So both Peter and Paul had very important tasks in the early church, Peter maintaining the unity in the church which during his lifetime had already spread throughout the middle East and Europe, and Paul who taught the Jews that Jesus is the fulfillment of their Old Testament hopes and taught the non-Jews that Jesus is the Saviour. Whenever you see statues of Peter and Paul, usually Peter is holding a key, symbolizing his duty as head of the church, and Paul is holding the Bible, symbolizing his preaching.

Rrhain writes:If humans aren't animals, what are they?

Rrhain writes:"Is salvation by faith or works?Paul says faith. Peter says works."

Coragyps writes:"Read Rrhain's post #39, dpardo. He quoted it there."

"And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear"

porcelain writes:I have another philosophical question:Is the concept of good and evil learned or was it born in you?