Night-Gaunt49: If it is predestined, then we cannot sin, bcause we had no more control over it than a rock does. The devil didn’t make me do it, but God did, and God can do no evil, therefore everything is good and the whole argument dissolves into nonsense. We have free will and are held accountable for it. For more on theodicy, try the oldie but goodie The Will of God, by Leslie Weatherhead.
Olddog1 about 10 years ago
Suspicions confirmed.
hippogriff about 10 years ago
Night-Gaunt49: If it is predestined, then we cannot sin, bcause we had no more control over it than a rock does. The devil didn’t make me do it, but God did, and God can do no evil, therefore everything is good and the whole argument dissolves into nonsense. We have free will and are held accountable for it. For more on theodicy, try the oldie but goodie The Will of God, by Leslie Weatherhead.