The very essence of the Bible is about
Creation, Fall, Redemption, Re-Creation,
with man being intrinsically wicked since the Fall.
I’ve had “Christians” insist that my “interpretation” wasn’t right. However, they mostly just asserted that they “didn’t like that interpretation”. I guess, if you don’t like the main and plain message of the scripture, you have to marginalize it or just call it allegory.
I have yet to have anyone rise to my challenge to come up with scripture justifying that viewpoint
when they assert that man is basically good .
Bottom line, if man wasn’t intrinsically evil, why would we need a Savior? At most, we’d need a guidance counselor...and I don’t recall Mrs. Jenkins from 10th grade getting nailed to a cross to point me on the right path.