[aruanan]

“In #428 I asked two questions: is it the RC position that the activities of the Anti-christ are outside of the purview of the will of God? Is it the view of the RC that the Anti-christ will not unwittingly and unwillingly act in accordance with God’s will?”

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Is this a trick question from a Calvinist (humor)? It sounds Calvinist. Refresh my memory, do not hide, profess your denomination. Were you baptized Roman Catholic? It’s a fair question because of your obvious dislike of everything Catholic.

Remember, as John Calvin:

"The devil and wicked men are so held in on every side with the hand of God, that they cannot conceive, or contrive, or execute any mischief, any farther than God himself doth not permit only, but command. Nor are they only held in fetters, but compelled also, as with a bridle, to perform obedience to those commands."

Zwingli said, in an essay on divine providence he wrote for the ill-fated meeting with Luther at Marburg,

"...when God makes angels or men sin, he does not sin himself, because he does not break any law. For God is under no law, and therefore cannot sin."

[stpio]

Remember, as John Calvin:

“The devil and wicked men are so held in on every side with the hand of God, that they cannot conceive, or contrive, or execute any mischief, any farther than God himself doth not permit only, but command. Nor are they only held in fetters, but compelled also, as with a bridle, to perform obedience to those commands.”

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Hello, wow,

Thanks so much for the quotes. The above is absolutely false. I don’t know how to say it best but the fact is God did not create robots. We are not robots.

Who would ever wish this...? God doesn’t. He wants you
to freely love, to freely choose for Him. That’s how He
set the plan up for His beloved humanity.