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To: rwfromkansas
Two questions:

1. Does God have free will?
2. Are we made in His image?

157 posted on 02/19/2002 7:38:45 PM PST by Interesting Times
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To: Interesting Times
1. Yes, since after all he is God. 2. We were created in his image, but that image was corrupted after the fall. Therefore, one can't assume we have the same attributes we did before the fall (like free will).
159 posted on 02/19/2002 7:41:08 PM PST by rwfromkansas
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To: Interesting Times
Does God have free will?

Now THAT is an interesting question. Can God will Himself not to be good? Is God just because He has willed Himself to be just? In my estimation, these questions fall into the same category as "Can God make a rock so big He can't lift it?"

163 posted on 02/19/2002 7:45:08 PM PST by Fifth Business
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To: Interesting Times; rwfromkansas
Your "two questions" from 157.

1. Does God have free will? Yes.

2. Are we made in His image? Yes.

Now, why would you attribute to man a free-will that God doesn't possess? In that, I mean, why would you think that man could possess a free-will to do that which he doesn't want to do, and which he is incapable of doing?

Can God sin? No, and He doesn't want to.

Can the unregenerate man please God? No, and he doesn't want to.

The unregenerate man is free to do exactly as he wants.

194 posted on 02/20/2002 5:14:30 AM PST by Jerry_M
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