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To: HarleyD
According to Aquinas' Summa Theologica man is capable of distinguishing between good and evil. This is not what the scriptures teaches.

Hmmm, St. Paul might disagree with your statement.

Try for example Romans 2:13-15 or Romans 7:15-19.

Cheers!

16 posted on 01/28/2011 4:44:44 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

That was poorly worded. Man is capable of distinguishing good and evil. But where Aquinas believes that man can sit and independently make a choice between doing good or doing evil, I would say (and Paul would agree) that regardless of whether we know something to be wrong, we tend to do the very things that we don’t want to do.


17 posted on 01/29/2011 9:16:35 AM PST by HarleyD
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