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The Institutes Book 1, Chapter 5
The Institutes of the Christian Religion ^ | 1500's | John Calvin

Posted on 01/30/2003 10:26:15 AM PST by ksen

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So if I saw a deaf and blind man heading toward the edge of a cliff and I yelled and shouted and gestured to warn him away it would still be his own fault when he fell over the edge to his death?

Does the blind man know he is blind? Has he chosen to walk without a guide? Does he ignore your shouts?

Yes then going off the cliff would be his fault

21 posted on 01/31/2003 12:28:03 PM PST by RnMomof7
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Whether they will or not, they cannot but know that these are proofs of his Godhead, and yet they inwardly suppress them

. God has intended to provide a light that will exhibit Himself clearly to Men's, all men's, minds. Not just spiritually alive Man, and not just Pre-Fall Man, but all Men today.
Then according to Calvin, Man's nature has snuffed that light out. Thereby thwarting a thing God has intended.

Do you disagree that men supress the knowlege of God?

22 posted on 01/31/2003 12:31:35 PM PST by RnMomof7
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Do you disagree that men supress the knowlege of God?

I don't disagree, but I am surprised that you would say that man can do anything to stop something from happening that God has intended to happen.

23 posted on 02/03/2003 8:37:39 AM PST by ksen (HHD)
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