Posted on 09/14/2017 11:26:49 AM PDT by Kaslin
But they aren’t good even if others think so.
That’s why Jesus said about those on whom the tower fell, “unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Napolitano’s piece totally ignored determinist Christian theology. The proof is that his argument begins with free will.
A Calvinist would argue that human free will can only choose evil and that even an act of faith is initiated by God and not by the insividual.
” all-loving”
huh, have you read the bible?
And that Calvinist would be wrong. Human free will can choose either good or evil.
Acts of faith, though, I will concede are initiated by God, as faith is a gift.
I’m not arguing for calvinism, because as you know, i am not one.
I’m arguing that Napolitano left the entire reformation theology out of his opinion when he argued that God doesn’t punish good people.
Lot’s of people blame God when bad stuff happens
Fewer praise and thank God when something good happens
Will and Ariel Durant wrote, “We shall always find it hard to love the man who darkened the human soul with the most absurd and blasphemous conception of God in all the long and honored history of nonsense.” (On John Calvin, Reformation, p. 490)
No one is without sin; no one is perfect. However, some people are “good” in the sense that they strive with a great deal of success to eschew evil and cultivate theological virtues.
To take it further than that is just splitting hairs.
Of course not, because was, is and will always be GOD
This baby is running “open loop”.
The Garden of Eden was perfection and its safety, abundance, and love were despolied by the arrogance of Man who chose to defy the Lord. Man was cast out into a world that no longer would be a haven, but now would have to fend for himself with every disease, disaster and threat.
I don’t believe in ghosts,
It's very convenient & cosy to be blaming God when things go bad and to be throwing questions about his power over the elements, but it's almost automatic to be taking the good times for granted.
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