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In reply to the discussion: Evangelicals Find Themselves in the Midst of a Calvinist Revival [View all]riqster
(13,986 posts)34. It's a level of perception and a question of abilities.
When I had kids at home, I often knew what they would do before they did it. Did that take away their free will?
Of course not.
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Problem: some Calvinism says nothing WE do can save us; its only the (random) help from God
Brettongarcia
Jan 2014
#31
Unless you ordered their lives so it would happen, created the life where it would happen, etc.
Brettongarcia
Jan 2014
#44
Except that throughout history, we see countless people that are forced to lie in the beds...
trotsky
Jan 2014
#47
Unless God created everything as we are told; including the devil himself. And evil itself.
Brettongarcia
Jan 2014
#49
Can we? Does conventional theology really hold up? Can we be blamed by God for evil? Is it OUR fault
Brettongarcia
Jan 2014
#53