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This came up in another thread in regards to the Problem of Pain and Evil. Total Depravity teaches that the entire man is depraved with sin, tainted with evil, although in action not as evil as the man could be. Paul's argument in Romans 3 comes up a lot to shed light on this. Was Paul exaggerating to make his point? Do we subsequently explain Total Depravity of man in a wrong way?