Saying that human nature is not at least based on something good would imply that God created evil. Everything that is good is created by God, and there is nothing besides that. This ties into Augustine's belief that evil itself is not a thing, but is simply an absence of good. Augustine would also say that without the divine intervention of God's grace, we would not be able to take even the first step towards him, which is supported by verses like John 6:44a: "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him...
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Man takes the first step towards God, and then God completes salvation in reaction only after we have taken the initiative to turn to him first. According to him Christians are completely free to choose not to sin, and are not necessarily inevitably going to mess up. His view is that our nature is not affected or caused by the sin of one man thousands of years ago...
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