Criticism welcome...

It is shocking that there are people who cling to foolish ideas because their reverence for the author is unyielding to common sense criticism.  There are many people who believe the Calvinist doctrine of “Total Depravity” as they apply it to mankind.  Matthew 7:11 (or Luke 11:13 if you prefer) records Jesus as saying that, though evil, people can still distinguish between good and evil.  If evil were total, then a person could not understand either good or evil.  The fruit juice from the Garden of Eden was a gift to mankind (see # 2).