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To: MarkBsnr
Do I detect a note of works in your post that caution that one must not do evil?

Of course one must not do evil. But are you saying that you will do no evil? Why is that?

151 posted on 03/10/2012 5:22:05 AM PST by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD
Of course one must not do evil.

From a purely Calvinist point of view, why? What happens if you do? Why not, as Luther said, go out and sin boldly? What are the consequences of that deliberate sinning - again from a purely Calvinist point of view?

If man is totally depraved, why not act upon that depravity and enjoy it? You are either predetermined Heaven bound or predetermined hell bound according to Reformed beliefs and there's nothing you can do about it. So why not enjoy the ride to the max? If there are no consequences, then there is nothing to stop you, is there? A difference which makes no difference is no difference?

But are you saying that you will do no evil? Why is that?

I am saying that I would do no evil if I were able, not that I will, if you get the difference. My intention is, as Paul said, to imitate Christ. My actions, as the Orthodox define sin, fall short of the mark, however, as anyone who knows me, knows...

155 posted on 03/10/2012 12:31:35 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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