>It's not in our nature to be cruel.
This is false. Cruelty comes naturally. Empathy has to be taught. That is why children "used" to be taught the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.
Goodness comes from God. It is a blessing from God.
If not for the presence of God in this world, we would literally be living in Hell.
The goodness does not come from us, it comes from God. To God be the glory.
"inherently" - we Inherited it as a gift from God.
Without God, we are totally evil.
All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.
So when a two year old steps on my cat's tail and then laughs about it, what is that? Where did that come from? The kid didn't see it somewhere on TV, it just came out naturally. Then the kid found out that it was not nice to step on cat's tails.
Children learn to behave just as much as they learn to misbehave.
Children need to be taught to do the right thing.
That is part of what is wrong with society nowadays, parents don't teach their children right from wrong.
Exactly.
When my son, now in his 30s, was about 12 years old, he asked me about homos. I said, "They're perverts, stay away from them." End of discussion.