[boatbums]

Wasn't it Paschal that spoke about a "God-shaped vacuum" within each of us? God places a desire to know him within us all. Romans 1 speaks about the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen by those he has made and so we are "without excuse" when we reject the knowledge of God. He still gives us the choice - the free will - to accept or reject him.

As to which event occurred first, of course God sought me and then I responded to his revelation of the truth. I still fail to see how God overrode the free will he endowed me with.

So tell me, what would be the point of Jesus commanding his disciples to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to EVERY creature?" if God will only grant faith in a chosen few? Did he just want us to have some "busy work" to keep us occupied until he returned? And, Mr. Hitchens isn't dead yet, so you never know. :o)

[P-Marlowe]

He still gives us the choice - the free will - to accept or reject him.

Define free will. Are you suggesting that man can exercise his own Free Will to come to Christ if he is free from the compelling influence of God?

Are you a Pelagian? If not, then how is your position on Free Will any different from that of Pelagius?