truthseeker

Nature to me implies something intrinsic to one’s being rather than a character trait that results from repetitive behavior. When a person rides a horse repetitively and becomes excellent at it, it in no way has any intrinsic impact on that person’s progeny. They aren’t born with a horse-riding nature. They will likely pick it up from their environment if their parent with the excellent horse-riding skills-due to his or her repeated practice-influences them, but it won’t automatically be an inborn trait or nature. Likewise, if I sin in a certain way repetitively, let’s say I gamble for example(if we choose to label gambling as a sin), it in no way imparts a ‘gambling’ nature to my children. They might pick up the habit themselves if they practice it as I have done, but they won’t be ‘born with’ a gambling nature just because I chose to gamble. It will be easier for them to adopt a gambling habit if they are surrounded by it, as is the case with any sin, but that doesn’t automatically imply that a nature to do so is inherent in their makeup at birth.