Your reply is the most vile, reprehensible and scurrilous drivel that I have read on any thread. I won't bother even replying further at this time to someone who obviously is super defensive and overly willing to impugn someone who happens to have a different view on what the Bible says.
Presby, hope your "casting the first stone" was cathartic and made you feel better.
FWIW, I didn't "cast the first stone".
Rather, it was you who impugned the Biblical Doctrine of Total Depravity as "what man has done by twisting God's Word to suit a particular dogma".
In short, you attempted to deride and evade what the Bible actually teaches on the subject of Fallen Man's Total Depravity -- making no attempt whatsoever to address or even consider the ample Scriptures which I offered on the subject -- as though the Biblical Doctrine of Human Depravity were a mere "Tradition of Men", rather than the express teaching of the Bible.
No, sorry. I won't stand for that. I will not accept the express teaching of the Scripture to be impugned as "what man has done by twisting God's Word to suit a particular dogma". I consider such a cavalier and humanistically-willful treatment of Scripture to be actually HATEFUL to the Bible, and I will not apologize for saying so.
If this offends you -- try actually addressing the Scriptures which I have posted, rather than taking the "easy way out" of claiming that you are emotionally-wounded by my presentation thereof.
Best, OP