Humanity Ultimately Good?

now that i am 28 years old and back in college i am seeing a world that i am not use to. i am being shown how much i have been sheltered my whole life. i went to public school and all and even went to a state university at age 18...but it's not till now that i really see the differences in world views. for me it always been about Christ. everything is Christ. in that my understanding is that humans are born into sin and are ultimately NOT good. it didn't help that i was risen in a home with strong convictions...real strong at times and my butt can attest to that. then at 19 i started working in the church. i have been working in the church for the past 9 years so basically my whole life has been in a bubble.

now i am hearing about attaining perfection and humans are born as a blank slate...ultimately good. wow, now i understand some of the difficulty in understanding our tainted state. we are in need of a savior and thank God for Jesus that we don't have to attain perfection for he has already done for us. i mourn my fallen state with the humbleness and understanding that i will never be perfect until i see Jesus on the other side of glory.