Totally Depraved...?

I notice that whenever there's an urgent need, that human beings act with incredlble assistance for one another ... without thinking, they respond with unselfish honor, self-sacrifice, and deep compassion.

Why, then, do we believe the human doctrine that man is basically evil..?

I see that when we think/react out of our egic natures, we do indeed demonstrate selfishness that progresses to evil ... but when we respond from our deepest selves, good comes forth...

Perhaps we just need to really know who we are, as God sees us, rather than how the theologians have declared us to be..?

Shalom, Dena