“To surrender is to make a choice, a decision. The child has no such ability.”
Intellectual decisions are spiritually worthless. They are like the Pharisees prayers.
Believe what you want, but you do not understand the process. Surrender is not to make a decision. It is to give up your individual will.
“Surrender is not to make a decision. It is to give up your individual will.”
And to give up your individual will (or anything else) is not a decision?
Words have meaning. Use them correctly, and wisely and you would have a much clearer and more convincing argument.
You lose yourself (and anyone you’re trying to influence) in a fog of vaguely defined terms.