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To: Petronski
Free will is God's gift to all men.

Sadly, this is the fortune cookie raison d'etre of the modern age.

A smart man would wonder how something that has at least a 50-50 chance of sending a person to hell for all eternity could be called, by any stretch of the imagination, a "gift."

The "gift" is grace, Petronski. Redeeming, transformative, life-changing grace.

And grace accomplishes all that God intends.

1,839 posted on 07/21/2008 1:45:58 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
Deny the gift of your free will all you want. You still have free will.

A smart man would wonder how something that has at least a 50-50 chance of sending a person to hell for all eternity could be called, by any stretch of the imagination, a "gift."

No, only a complete idiot would wonder that. It is not free will that sends souls to hell, but the evil choices they used their free will to make.

1,841 posted on 07/21/2008 1:48:17 PM PDT by Petronski (Scripture & Tradition must be accepted & honored w/equal sentiments of devotion & reverence. CCC 82)
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