To: Cronos; kosta50; Forest Keeper; jo kus; annalex
1) God wanted to go to Nineveh
2) Jonah didn't want to
3) Jonah heads in the other direction
4) God commands BIG fish to swallow Jonah
5) Jonah sat in BIG, stinking fish for 3 days rethinking his decision
6) Jonah decides Nineveh doesn't look as bad as the insides of a fish
7) Jonah repents and heads to Nineveh
And this is an example of man's free will? Riiiiiggggghhhhhtttt.
1,856 posted on
01/22/2006 2:52:43 PM PST by
HarleyD
("Man's steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24)
To: HarleyD
an example of man's free will? Sure it is. Had Jonah no free will, why the show-and-tell with the fish?
To: HarleyD
1) God wanted to go to Nineveh
2) Jonah didn't want to
3) Jonah heads in the other direction
4) God commands BIG fish to swallow Jonah
5) Jonah sat in BIG, stinking fish for 3 days rethinking his decision
6) Jonah decides Nineveh doesn't look as bad as the insides of a fish
7) Jonah repents and heads to Nineveh
And this is an example of man's free will? Riiiiiggggghhhhhtttt.Yes, and here's why:
- If you had the puppet-master type of God, then Jonah wouldn't even be in a position to disagree, God would have moulded his mind and made Jonah DO it without even being in a position to choose.
- You point out that Jonah disobeyed God. Is that possible without free will?
- You point out that Jonah repented. Is that possible without free will?
- You ignore the point that God wanted to destroy Nineveh -- this was in His plan (as you might say) -- but God changed His mind and let the citizens live after they repented. So, the citizens of Nineveh were able to change their pre-ordained destiny.
1,866 posted on
01/22/2006 8:49:55 PM PST by
Cronos
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