To: D-fendr
"I see you are still having trouble with the statement I keep making: "God is omniscient." Perhaps it is the word "omniscient." It means "all-seeing, all-knowing. Specifically to your question the answer is yes." Man is separated from the beasts of the field only by his ability to know and choose right from wrong. Man is therefore capable of freely returning the gift of love to God.
In Calvin's universe man is only playing a role in some sort of kabuki theater, going through the motions, reciting his lines and then dying.
4,506 posted on
09/14/2010 1:04:41 AM PDT by
Natural Law
(Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
To: Natural Law; D-fendr
Man is therefore capable of freely returning the gift of love to God.Wow. That fallacy just negated the Fall of Adam and half the Bible.
Freely? Who needs Christ if man is "capable of freely returning the gift of love to God?"
4,508 posted on
09/14/2010 1:09:12 AM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
(("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Natural Law
Meaning is lost as well. Repentance. Love. Faith. All real meaning of this life - gone.
4,509 posted on
09/14/2010 1:10:32 AM PDT by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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