AND THAT, MY FRIEND, IS THE POINT!!!!!
Of course this argument falls flat. It isn't a choice. If you could rationally make a decision to go to heaven or hell you will always choose heaven. No one in their sane mind would choose hell.
Christianity says that faith is salvation and only God can save. Therefore only God can give you faith if he wants to see you saved. You do nothing.
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The only way for you to make that choice is for God to open up your eyes through faith that He gives you.
No, that was not your point, HD, you claim it is a "free" choice. But there is no free choice in predestination, period.
The only way for you to make that choice is for God to open up your eyes through faith that He gives you.
You don't make the choice. The choice has bene made for you according to your religion. It's not a choice; it's predestined, predetermined, preprogrammed, like death. Dying is not an option, or a choice; its a certainty.