What it takes is the ability to be honest with who you are, your sin condition, and your desperate need for redemption. And that Christ is the only person that can deal with your reality.
"Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
You can run and hide and deny and make excuses, but your need is inescapable.
Oh I have that ability to be honest with who I am. Hence my coming to grips with truth. Redemption & grace were available way before cooked up in NT writings. And your remarks inferring the doctrine of original sin are just silly. I'll consider Jewish interpretations of the human condition since they've been interpreting such things way longer than your heros.
Hey maybe I'll convert to tough guy Judaism. That way I can kinda be more like you. lol.