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Testament)" that Jesus, like Socrates, left no writing of this own. Therefore, the nascent Christian religion was forged by his followers, which included St. Paul and others. Stevenson proposes that
excerpts from the writing of St. Paul, specifically excerpts from his Letter to the Romans and his First Letter to the Corinthians, presents the Christian view of human nature. Likewise,
Stevenson uses an essay "Man and Faith" by Ayatullah Murtaza Mutahhari as representing the Islamic view of human nature. Examination of these two viewpoints shows that they have much in
common, as they both view humanity as a composite of an animal (sinful) and rational (spiritual) nature. Pauls Letter to the Romans begins by picturing "Divine retribution" as falling upon
all those who are guilty of "impiety and wickedness" (Romans 57)(All citations refer to the Stevenson text, not to the Bible). In this opening paragraph, Paul appears to be referring
to a pagan population. He refers to how the people worship the "images of birds, beasts and reptiles" (Romans 57). He discusses the nature of Gods law. "Ever since the
creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made" (Romans 57). Since Gods word was
obvious, even if one had not heard the laws of God as such, this ignorance has never constituted an excuse for sin. As this indicates, Pauls view of human nature
and reality equates his own cultural view with what simply "makes sense" to him and should, therefore, be obeyed by all people. Paul goes on to say that while
the truth was obvious, the people made the mistake of honoring the creations -nature-rather then the Creator-God, and were, therefore, given over to wickedness. Paul lists quite a few
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