Nature of Man – Part 1

I recently finished reading  Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” which got me to thinking about some things.  There were some things I really like about parts of the philosophies she espouses but she goes over the top and takes it too far.  The part that really got me thinking though was the 50 page or so speech by the John Galt character in which he attacks two types of people as being the cause of major problems of man.  The two types are the mystics of muscle and the mystics of the spiritual – both of which he accuses of seeking to enslave the mind of man.

This has set me to thinking about what he refers to as the mystics of the spiritual and what the truth really is.  There is no doubt that there have been so-called spiritual leaders through the years and today that do what they do for personal financial gain or power – yet this is still not what my search is for.

What I really want to look at is what is man created to be.  What did God have in mind when he created us and what is our current nature – the nature of the saved and the unsaved man?  What if anything does a man owe other men because of their common humanity?

If I really want to know the answer I need to dig into the Bible without preconceived notions of the outcome to really see what the answer is.

Before I start I wonder if any of you have any input on what you think I will find.