christians views on evil

• fundamentalists read the creation accounts in genesis literally, and believe God's world would have been perfect had it not been for Adam + Eve
• Fundamentalists believe in original sin
• Fundamentalists such as John Calvin consider humans to be fully bad unless they accept and follow Christ
• Liberals are less likely to believe in original sin or view humans as being inherently bad
• Liberals believe moral evil is created by humans freely choosing to do wrong
• The philosopher John Hick argued that the natural and moral evil that happens in the world improves peoples souls by encouraging them to overcome adversity and become better people