So God says people are "good," but Paul says they're "bad," and you're going with Paul?

Or maybe some things are being misunderstood here. The word "sin" doesn't mean you're bad, bad, bad. It probably means you're dying. That was the Eden problem—humans now having to die. As the source of "Life," God doesn't like death.

I linked some references on "sin" here--

https://medium.com/belover/10-key-bible-terms-that-christianity-misunderstood-14ba68971240