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To: blue-duncan; Dr. Eckleburg; raynearhood; xzins
Yeah, but the first section on the Multi-State is always true or false or multiple choice type questions.

Ok, I'll rephrase it:

1) If God hated Esau but his hatred was not based upon any foreknowledge of what Esau would or would not do during the course of his long life, but merely because he chose to hate Esau because of the pleasure of his Good Will, then if Esau had died as an infant he would have been condemned to Hell.
A) True
B) False.

262 posted on 03/03/2010 8:41:17 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe; Dr. Eckleburg; raynearhood; xzins

Objection: Form. The question is like “can God create a rock bigger than himself”. The answer is God cannot contradict his nature. God’s nature is righteous, just and not arbitrary or capricious so “the pleasure of his Good Will” would necessarily have to correspond to his nature.

Did I ever tell you about flunking 1st year Psychology 3 times because, in addition to a frat party mistake, I could never answer “true or false” questions?


264 posted on 03/03/2010 8:53:09 AM PST by blue-duncan
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To: P-Marlowe

God didn’t ‘hate’ Esau. That verse comes from Malachi, written nearly 2000 years after Esau lived, and referred to the tribe that he started. The promise passed thru Jacob, but it wasn’t about individual salvation.

God treated Esau better than he deserved, based on how he lived.


274 posted on 03/03/2010 9:31:01 AM PST by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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