Another distortion at this stage (not developing the basic psychological foundation of trust during infancy) is to focus our mistrust and despair upon ourselves, and with whatever trust and hope we have, to see God as a rescuing parent who comes down to save us from our rottenness.  Such an attitude might be called “Christian Wormism,” since it emphasizes how lowly we are.  The patterns of sin that can emerge from this attitude are based upon a contempt for ourselves and the rest of God’s creation (rather than seeing creation as fundamentally good, although flawed by original sin).  Such an attitude can lead us to passively wait for God to rescue us from this rotten world rather than working together with God to redeem creation and bring it to fulfillment.  God hates sins, but loves person who become sinners, never forgetting their fundamental goodness. –Healing the Eight Stages of Life