OK , Faithful ,  I cannot say anything regarding anyone's  ( including yours  ) " self-righteousness " 
In Genesis the Lord promises the hope  of setting to rights the tragic event of the eating of the forbidden fruit .   So we can have trust that sin has consequences for us and Jesus knows that .   While we have a childhood and some of us have good enough parenting  Adam and Eve did not have the benefit of a childhood  .  But this benefit also has its drawbacks .   Our condition is the human predicament .
Paul expresses it so well ending by saying ,  " Who will save me ?  "  Jesus !
Jesus knows our innermost self better than we know ourselves :  Father forgive them they know not what they do  ".  
We are redeemable otherwise God would not have bothered  .Recently Francis spoke about what matters .  If we examine how the intellectual aspect of faith has grown we know it will continue to develop  . And we know we see change !!,
BTW , I 'm a " Ma'am ".