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To: D-fendr; HarleyD
Why are you asking me rhetorical questions?

1) You ask rhetorical questions all the time, so why would anyone presume you don't liked them?

2) Why is this a rhetorical question? I've asked this simple question of you twice now and still no answer.

3) If God cannot lie then God does not possess "free will," while you insist men do possess "free well." So here we have a "gift from God" (which is how so many RCs have described "free will") and yet God Himself does not possess the very gift He supposedly gives to men.

8,350 posted on 10/05/2007 3:23:24 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Thanks for making your argument.If God cannot lie then God does not possess "free will,"

Apples and oranges times ten.

8,352 posted on 10/05/2007 4:05:36 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The error is your initial point of God's "free will".

In human's free will is defined as the capacity to make choices within our capacities as humans. We can lie, we can act contrary to our instincts. God doesn't have "instincts" in this manner. Is not human in his manner, doesn't have human choices to exercise free will in this manner.

So my mistake was in trying to follow your premises of God and free will.

8,353 posted on 10/05/2007 4:10:23 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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