[stfassisi]

The fact that the vast majority of them get run over and die doesn't seem to bother Him at all.

Yuck! This is a horrible analysis of God

Dear Brother, I will exercise my "Free will" and pray that God protects you and your family from being run over.

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "The fact that the vast majority of them get run over and die doesn't seem to bother Him at all."

Yuck! This is a horrible analysis of God. Dear Brother, I will exercise my "Free will" and pray that God protects you and your family from being run over.

And I will use my new will to thank you for the kind prayers and return the gesture by praying for you too. :)

But as to my analysis of God, I was just trying to draw a comparison of where God's priorities are under our respective faiths. Under Catholicism, is God's priority to save men? I think the clear answer has to be "no" because while He has the obvious power to do so, it is MORE important to Him to allow man to make his own decisions to his eternal salvation or destruction. Most fail which appears to clash with His will, so it is clear what is more important to God.

Under the Reformed view, God's priority IS to save His elect. He takes all the steps necessary to make absolutely certain that all of His children are saved. Not a single one is lost. What His children, who have no idea what is good for them at the time, think is irrelevant. God knows what is best and so He implements that.