Inherently Sinful?

A question that receives much debate is whether or not mankind is inherently evil or not. Many people will tell you yes, that by nature man is sinful and evil. Yet, consider Ecclesiastes 7:29. “Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.” When God formed Adam and Eve, He did not make them inherently sinful. When a child is born, the young one is not sinful. No, we learn to commit sin by following “many inventions,” that is, following after other things. In this way we choose to separate ourselves from God (Isaiah 59:2). And so, when we come to Christ and are saved, that is why we are “redeemed.” (Gal 3:13, I Pet. 1:18) We are returning back to how we were designed and built, and following our original course. God did not make us sinful. We made us sinful.