I've been examining an article I read some years back entitled "Refuting the False TULIP Doctrine". Last time I introduced the subject and this time I'd like to address his take on Total Depravity.
Total Hereditary Depravity
“T” stands for Total Hereditary Depravity. This is the core belief
of the TULIP doctrine. As a result of this belief all of the other doctrines
are created. Put simply, this is the belief that the human soul is born
corrupt. As soon as a baby is born, according to this doctrine, it is in sin
and in need of a redeemer. In an attempt to support this doctrine they go
to Psalm 51:5 and Psalm 58:3 among others.
However, notice that in Psalm 51:5, David
is not saying that he was born a sinner but rather that he was born into a
sinful world. What if the verse read this way, “Behold I was shaped in a potato
patch and in a field of spuds did my mother conceive me?” Would this mean that
David was born a potato? No, it simply means that he was born in the presence
of potatoes. Also, notice that in Psalm 58:3 it
says that one goes astray from the mother’s womb. One is not born astray but
has to go astray. That verse proves that we are born sinless not sinful!
