Natural Man

Is man inherently good? Or is man inherently bad? I'm sure some Christians would argue that man is naturally bad, evil, carnal, sensual, wicked. But then my question to them is, why do we not see more evil people in the world? Why are there not more murders, adultery, robbing, stealing, and just plain bad things going on? Yes, there is more than enough bad out there, but mitigating it is the fact that, for the most part, I think people are naturally good, also. Though somewhat contradictory, these same Christians would also argue that we all have the light of Christ in us all, our concscience, which keeps us in line. This is what makes us want to be nice, to say 'Have a nice day' to the clerk at the convenience store, to feel good when helping a complete stranger. For the most part, the murders, the racism, the evil things in the world are the minority, but get the most press. For every car jacking, I am sure there are thousands of kind deeds that go unnoticed. No one is perfect, in fact, we all have good and bad in us innately, but isn't that why we are on this earth? To overcome the bad and let the good shine through? As a whole, we have a long way to go, but I think the way down is much farther than the way up.