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.......Earl Satan.........
I knew Earl was a sinner and all, but.............
Ah yes the missing , that should "Earl,Satan" my apologies,funny though
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.......Earl Satan.........
I knew Earl was a sinner and all, but.............
Peairtach
The most consistent atheists - including Marxists - have always been hard and fatalistic determinists.
OK. Not sure what that has to do with this discussion, but sounds reasonable.
Chapter III
Of God's Eternal Decree
I. God from all eternity, did, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
It seems as though some folks find His creating the reprobate for the purpose of demonstrating wrath to be inconsistent with those individuals being fully culpable for their sin and deserving of that wrath. I see no inconsistency there, so these curious attempts to obscure the fact that God has actively done SOMETHING that results in their condemnation make no sense to me. But I'm kinda thick.
Oh, I'm plenty thick, brother, just ask my kids...I doubt you're thick. I agree with what your saying, although I think we have to acknowledge that we don't really understand how God does this, although we can imagine that He being the God He is can and does do it - i.e. He can make the thoughts, words and deeds of individuals certain while maintaining their free will and responsibility - and accept the teaching of Scripture by faith.