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To: kosta50

I’ll make it easier.

Instead of the man, let’s look at the will. There can be a will inclined to honesty or a will inclined to dishonesty.

Obviously, all men have been dishonest and only Jesus has a perfect record. But there is a sharp dichotomy between men of honest will and men of dishonest will.

In fact, this distinction illustrates a major aspect of Christ’s victory over Satan—despite the malicious attempt to destroy good creation by entangling good with evil, the two are separated like water and oil by the distinction between men with good will and men without.


1,720 posted on 05/03/2011 4:33:17 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (Sarah Palin is above taking the fake high road.)
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To: reasonisfaith
Honesty has nothing to do with how true a particular religion is, and C. S. Lewis naïvely links the two when he says that no honest man will want to believe Christianity if it is untrue—because no one can know for sure if it is or isn't true.

In fact, this distinction illustrates a major aspect of Christ’s victory over Satan

The evil seems to be alive and well 2000 years after this "victory". You are drifting off the topic.

1,721 posted on 05/03/2011 9:42:04 AM PDT by kosta50
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