It would appear that presidents from across the oceans have a habit of making controversial remarks. None more so than Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines.
Recently on a televised discussion on the subject of original sin, he caused an uproar when he said that God must be ‘stupid’ in view of such a teaching.
The Christian idea of original sin is that since the fall, which the Bible traces back to the sin of Adam, humanity is not naturally in a state of grace. We do not exist habitually in a state of being good, of choosing what is noble or worthy, and we do not exist in the awareness of God’s goodness.