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To: HarleyD; Forest Keeper
As strange as this may sound I believe he was right where he wanted to be

Except that what you are saying is an oxymoron -- based on what you tell me about your theology: that man could not have wanted to be anywhere, for that would imply that he had decided his fate by his own choice. I think you need to rephrase your statement to read "he was right where God wanted him to be."

Whether a slave to righteousness or to sin, yout theoogy says it's all God's doing. In either case our minds are captive to God's will -- and therefore whether evil or good, it must all be "good". Such is the nonsense you convey.

2,692 posted on 02/15/2006 6:59:05 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Forest Keeper
"...based on what you tell me about your theology: that man could not have wanted to be anywhere, for that would imply that he had decided his fate by his own choice.

No. All men are depraved. We don't want anything to do with God. So we all would be perfectly content sitting in hell shaking our fists at God. God in His love and grace had mercy on some of us for unknown reasons and changed our hearts. We no longer want to go to hell but our desire is to go to heaven. The choice isn't ours.

2,705 posted on 02/16/2006 6:02:39 AM PST by HarleyD ("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
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