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Posted on 01/05/2010 9:46:47 PM PST by the_conscience
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To: RnMomof7
Petronski: Again, is God powerful enough to give us free will?
RnMomof7: The question is not “could God” the question is did He??
No, the question I’m asking is “could He?”
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:08:23 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: NoGrayZone
For those who fall under immunity, yes. I was correct. You do NOT understand the nature of diplomatic immunity.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:09:36 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: RnMomof7
God does not have a totally free will..He can not violate His Holy nature or He ceases to be God..Wow.
Just wow.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:11:00 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Petronski
"I was correct.""I won!!"
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:11:02 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(SARAH PALIN IS MY CUP OF TEA!)
To: Mad Dawg
"It's difficult to express because we present Catholic and Protestant as antithetical. I was delighted to find a Dominican who says that Calvin is his favorite Protestant theologian -- but he was assigned to the west coast too soon for me to find out more. Darn. Please don't construe this to be Calvinistic versus, say, Catholic. I have read (but not absorbed) the Institutes. Calvin wrote some interesting stuff and some I think is over the edge. And, the consubstantiation of Luther doesn't grab me as biblical, either. Personally, the most valuable text is, of course, the Bible.
And, here is where that accusation of YPIOS by most of the RCC seems to be not only unfounded, but downright silly. If the pope says something like, "Lift your arms.", aren't the individual Catholics saying to themselves, "Self, he meant lift your arms." and making a personal interpretation? What difference is it to recognize that the written message needs to be read and heeded? The difficulty appears to be that some of us come down on a different understanding of the plain text...and that spells trouble for headquarters.
And, those European reformer boys routinely squabbled between themselves about what some of the texts meant. On the big issues, however, like "Who is running the show, men or the Word?" I like the way they came down.
And, I liked the chance to listen in on your private conversation...it captures a wonderful tension. Thanks.
To: Petronski
"Wait...does this mean Calvinists eat curry on Fridays?" Don't ask me to say what I think they eat, but my son-in-law thinks curry tastes like it.
To: Dr. Eckleburg; Quix; Mr Rogers
And Preachers don't save anybody, they are just using God's Word to round up the elect form the four corners of the world
Matthew 4:19 Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Jeremiah 16:14-16
Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when it shall no longer be said, As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt, but As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them. For I will bring them back to their own land that I gave to their fathers. Behold, I am sending for many fishers, declares the LORD, and they shall catch them. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:15:45 PM PST
by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: NoGrayZone
Someone’s handing out prizes for misunderstanding the nature of diplomatic immunity?
If so, then yes, I would agree: you won.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:15:50 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Petronski
Romans14:And he that doubteth is damned if he eat,
because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.Anything a man does that does not have Christ and the glory of God at the center is sin to God.
Hbr 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
To: RnMomof7
Anything a man does that does not have Christ and the glory of God at the center is sin to God. That's better than the previous version.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:17:03 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: Petronski
So, to you God can sin?? To that I say WOW !!
To: Natural Law
Hinduism has karma as a supreme law. Is it?
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:18:46 PM PST
by
1000 silverlings
(everything that deceives, also enchants: Plato)
To: Petronski
Sorry, I guess that one went right over your head.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:18:59 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(SARAH PALIN IS MY CUP OF TEA!)
To: Petronski
Does God have the right to decide what of His creations He chooses to adopt as His children or is His will dominated by His creations?
When does God stop being God and man becomes His God, telling Him what to do and how to do it?
To: Petronski; Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; wmfights; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; ...
Man really wants to be a god, that is what this discussion is about..It was one started in the garden when eve was told she could be like God, she liked that idea and so do her offsprings
Who is God? Is it the God of the bible or mans free will?? That is the question..
Is God subject to your will Petronski?
To: RnMomof7
Heh heh heh
I believe in response to YOUR "pawn to King's Bishop 4" my answer is
God does not "have the ability" to sin, because sinning is not an ability but a disability, a defect.
(Hint: I'm doing a different understanding of "Freedom" and "Free will.")
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:25:09 PM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: RnMomof7
Is God subject to your will Petronski? No.
Neither is He subject to Calvin's.
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:26:07 PM PST
by
Petronski
(In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
To: blue-duncan
I dont remember saying it was you!Well,that just shows it wasn't YOU, So THERE!
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:26:44 PM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Mad Dawg
But if God chose to sin..could he?(free will and all) He is God.
If God sinned would He still be God?
To: Natural Law
That’s in the LXX, right?
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posted on
01/12/2010 2:29:55 PM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
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