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To: HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg; MarkBsnr; OrthodoxPresbyterian
Man has a will. Man freely sins.

An old FRiend said the following:
The Calvinist says that natural, Fallen Man is not forced to Sin, never forced to do Evil, never compelled to reject God. On the contrary, Fallen Man is absolutely Free; and so he freely wills to Sin, to do Evil, to reject God all the time, every time, for that is all he wants to do and he has the uninhibited Free will to do whatsoever he Wants, without compulsion.

The question then is, does any man naturally possess God-pleasing wants?

8,060 posted on 10/03/2007 12:19:58 PM PDT by suzyjaruki (Why?)
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To: suzyjaruki

So under Calvinism, there are no virtuous pagans? Since either man is elect and Heaven bound, or non elect and hell bound, does that mean that all non elect are equally sinful?

All man wishes to do is to sin, so therefore all he does is sin? Are there different levels of sin? Does totally depraved man crave only totally depraved sin?


8,069 posted on 10/03/2007 1:34:20 PM PDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.)
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