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To: SeaHawkFan; xzins; Dr. Eckleburg

Well if God ordained the elect to eternal life then He also elected those He did not choose for judgment by His inaction.

So whether it was a direct ordination or a passive one the result is the same.

Because I believe God is the 1st cause of every event I happen to be a double predestinarian . There are no accidents or unintended consequences with God


18 posted on 06/02/2007 3:33:55 PM PDT by ears_to_hear
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To: ears_to_hear
Because I believe God is the 1st cause of every event I happen to be a double predestinarian.

That makes no sense. It your statement is true, then God caused Adam and Eve to sin.

19 posted on 06/02/2007 5:38:39 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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Because I believe God is the 1st cause of every event

If by this you mean that God is the final cause of everything, then there should be no problem. But if you mean that God is the proximate cause of everything, then there is a problem. For the latter would imply that God Himself is causing my fingers to type this post, which is not true. It is the latter view which leads to strange doctrines implying lack of free-will and such.

62 posted on 06/03/2007 4:02:16 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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