[ronald_reagan]

Is it your understanding of Christianity that human beings are, by nature, respectable and decent and worthy and good?

Its not christianity that teaches me this. Its writings of people like Sir Thomas Moore and Polycarp, Ignatius, Iraeneus, ect..

I believe that man is born with a good heart... and by nature would be respectable, decent, worthy, and good.. however by way of cultural influences, this is corrupted.

If I built your pool, and it leaked. I'd fix it. If you can't the same, then I see where you're coming from and why you believe as you do.

And, Congress must have disagreed with you on this strongly, both democrats and republicans, because they trusted him enough for him to develop the plan, deploy it, and then report on it himself. But then again... Congress is full of the people that you describe. Moot point I suppose.