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>Thus, only those whom God chooses to Regenerate unto Spiritual Life, do thence freely choose to Follow Him.

I have serious doubt about this sort of reasoning, it is far too circular in nature.
It reminds me of a scene in an anime called Berserk wherein there are these ‘monster eggs’ [for lack of a better term] which protect their carriers from mortal harm (and to some extent bring ‘good-fortune’) yet, in return, cause their possessors to turn into [literal] monsters. The guy explaining this to the character who had one of these ‘eggs’ cited his merely being there alive and well as proof of his ‘good fortunes’ and his ‘desire’ to rise to greatness as proof of the evil within him. {Keep in mind that this has a large amount of basis in Eastern Philosophy wherein the Temporal Authorities had “The Mandate of Heaven” and *any* rebellion/usurpation/ambition could be viewed in the negative-light of going against heaven & therefore evil.}

So you see, the character was evil because he went against “the mandate of heaven” as evidenced by the fact that only the evil would go against ‘the mandate of heaven’. I bring this up partially because there is some similar modes-of-thought in Christendom: that “render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s” means [in effect] “anything that Caesar claims as his own is his own by virtue of his authority in saying that it is his own.” (Such ideology ignores and excludes the possibility that “the mandate of heaven” may change; that God may take from one He had established and instead establish another — Clearly refuted by the stories of Kings Saul and David.) In fact King Saul had his kingdom taken away precisely because he *DID* use his authority to claim [the right of] an authority not given him: sacrificing.

>>Besides, if free-will does NOT exist then of what value is love?.... Put in simplest terms, the very act of [voluntary] ‘worship’ which you yourself employ in giving thanks to God is an affirmation of free-will because it would be a useless & valueless act if you did not have [at least some manner of] control over it [by exercising] your own will.
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>Your referencing the Regenerate nature of the Christian, whose Free Will now enjoys the indwelling of the Holy Spirit rectifying his sinful desires.
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>Not so the Free Will of the Unregenerate.

If man has no free-will when he is unregenerate, then how can he have free-will when he is regenerate? Your theology completely excludes the possibility of man working with God in the world (while I agree that God has no need for man, and man has EVERY need for God), if so then why would God reserve “good works” for Christians to do if their involvement was not significant in some sense?

>See, Calvinists do not deny the existence of Free Will. Rather, Calvinists state that since the Fall, Unregenerate Men (which is all of us, prior to God’s regeneration of our dead spirits) freely choose to Reject God, because that is what Unregenerate, Spiritually-dead Men want to do.
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>And so, while yet in his Spiritually-Dead state, the Unregenerate Man will always freely choose to Reject God. This is the express teaching of the Bible:
> * “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil” (Jer. 13:23).
> * “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.” (Rom. 8:7-8)

Then please explain Genesis 5:21-24 (NIV) which says:
“When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.”

How could Enoch walk with God (who cannot abide unrighteousness) unless, as Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
Implicit there is the “with one another.” This was before Jesus, Moses, or even the Flood.

>To suggest, therefore, that Men will freely choose to Follow God while yet in their Unregenerate State, is to preach the lie of Satan: that Fallen Men are not really Spiritually Dead, and will still sometimes freely choose to perform God-Pleasing actions. “Ye shall not surely die”.

Well then you are saying things in circles: a man cannot choose to follow God until he is regenerate... and a man be regenerate until he follows God. Which you then try to ‘solve’ by saying that God “predestined” him to be saved, and therefore regenerated him, so that he could be saved so that he could be regenerated.

Now, I agree that God is not bound by time/space, and I do believe that a lot of ‘destiny’/’chance’ depends on the point of view. Being a temporal being, I cannot really imagine what the timelessness God experiences is; if God were to take me to the end of time then everything would be history [by definition] and unchangeable [from that frame of reference] because it was the past... and if God placed me at the beginning of time then [from that frame of reference] nothing would have been written yet and so anything would be possible: like a author starting a book before the first line is written it could be a scifi story, a history, a romance, an adventure... anything at all, but as the author writes he constrains himself on what can possibly happen until he reached the end at which point it has all [literally] been written.

To suggest that man cannot by his own free-will choose to follow God, even in the unregenerate state, is to preach the lie of Satan: you are not responsible for your actions. For if free-will is limited, then it is by definition not free.

Or would you say that the Chaldeans, brutal heathens brought upon Israel as punishment had no choice in the matter? And if they had no choice in the matter, how could a Just God punish them for it?

I have serious doubt about this sort of reasoning, it is far too circular in nature. It reminds me of a scene in an anime called Berserk

Respectfully, I'm not going to debate Cartoon Theology. So I'm ignoring this section of your post.

As a reminder, I'll mention that the subject of this thread is not anime, but rather the Free-Willer doctrine of Universal Infant Damnation for unbaptized infants. That's the subject of the posted articles, so that's what we should be discussing.

I find it unsurprising, however, that none of FR's Arminians are willing to show up and defend the Free-Willers' god-pope John Wesley and his dogma of Universal Infant Damnation for unbaptized infants.

Funny, that.

If man has no free-will when he is unregenerate, then how can he have free-will when he is regenerate?

I didn't deny man's free will in either case. Rather, I said that while yet Unregenerate, Men will freely choose only and always to Reject God, just as it says in Romans 8:7-8. Whereas once God regenerates a Man (of His sole choosing, unrelated to any will on the part of the man -- Romans 9:15-16), the indwelling of the Holy Spirit gives him new desires, and now he will freely choose to Follow God.

To claim that Fallen Men will sometimes freely choose to perform the God-Pleasing choice while they are still yet Unregenerate, is to directly contradict Romans 8:7-8 and repeat the Lie of Satan about the Spiritual Death of Man: "ye shall not surely die". But of course, we see the inherent Satanism of Free-Will Arminianism in such execrable Blasphemies as the Free-Will Doctrine of Universal Infant Damnation for infants who die unbaptized. Just one more Satanic belief in a whole Satanic belief-system.

How could Enoch walk with God (who cannot abide unrighteousness) unless, as Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”

Enoch was Regenerate.

Well then you are saying things in circles: a man cannot choose to follow God until he is regenerate... and a man be regenerate until he follows God.

Nope. This is absolutely false.

I never said "a man cannot choose to follow God until he is regenerate... and a man be regenerate until he follows God".

I have stated simply what the Scripture has stated: that while yet Unregenerate, Men will freely choose only and always to Reject God, just as it says in Romans 8:7-8. Whereas once a man in Regenerate, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit gives him new desires, and now he will freely choose to Follow God.

On the contrary -- Satan never lied and said, "Ye are not repsonsible for your actions". He lied and said, "Ye shall not surely die". Thus, he was preaching the Satanic Gospel of Arminianism, which denies the teaching of Romans 8:7-8 and teaches that Fallen Man will sometimes freely choose to perform the God-Pleasing choice while they are still yet Unregenerate. This is the Satanic Gospel from the very beginning; but of course, we should not be surprised to see such Satanism in the preaching of Free-Will Arminianism, for we see the inherent Satanism of Free-Will Arminianism in such execrable Blasphemies as the Free-Will Doctrine of Universal Infant Damnation for infants who die unbaptized. Just one more Satanic belief in a whole Satanic belief-system.

I hope that my gentle reminders (in bold) will help you to keep your focus on the posted topic under discussion: The Satanic Arminian/Free-Will doctrine of Universal Infant Damnation for unbaptized infants, as expressly taught by the greatest theologians and church standards of Free-Will Arminianism. That is the topic for discussion. Thanks!!