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A few choice words id say.
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RE: A few choice words id say.
(October 8, 2015 at 2:10 pm)dyresand Wrote:
(October 8, 2015 at 2:06 pm)Drich Wrote: That's my point. Their isn't free will. That is a greek construct and not a biblical doctrine.
We are slaves, as such we have been given one singular choice. (one choice fee will is not.) That choice is to either to continue to be a slave to sin, or to Serve/slave to God. Before we had no choice but to serve/Slave to sin.

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Actually the Epicurus of the Epicurean paradox died in 270BC, which means the 'god(s)' he was referring to had nothing to do with the God of the bible.

How can I say this with any measure of certainity? Let's look at the paradox in detail.
Quote:Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?
In greek theology man is basically 'good' unless he is plundered by evil/evil influences. Which 300 years before Christianity is the way most people thought.

Not so in Christianity. In Christianity Man is the physical embodiement of evil.(Romans 3) To stop evil would be the end of all of man kind. Rather than end all evil, God atones for it. In effect He conquers Evil by paying the price for all evil man commits, and releases the sinner from it. IF we simply acknoweledge What God has done.

So how does the Epicurean paradox fail? It wrongly assumes that we are all basicly 'good' and not apart of the evil problem, which is consistant with the greek god/man relationship, but not true with Christianity. So in essence Evil has been conquered without the whole sale destruction of all who practice it.

 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus

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A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 7, 2015 at 8:49 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 8:53 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Reforged - October 7, 2015 at 8:57 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 7, 2015 at 8:58 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Iroscato - October 7, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by The Valkyrie - October 7, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Athene - October 7, 2015 at 9:55 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by brewer - October 7, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Homeless Nutter - October 7, 2015 at 9:59 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 10:01 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Homeless Nutter - October 7, 2015 at 10:05 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 7, 2015 at 10:58 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 9:57 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by SofaKingHigh - October 8, 2015 at 10:25 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by KevinM1 - October 8, 2015 at 10:28 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 12:42 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 8, 2015 at 1:27 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by vorlon13 - October 8, 2015 at 9:59 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2015 at 10:00 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 12:13 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by vorlon13 - October 8, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 1:28 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Cato - October 8, 2015 at 10:20 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Longhorn - October 8, 2015 at 10:28 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2015 at 12:22 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 1:22 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 2:06 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 8, 2015 at 2:10 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 2:43 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 8, 2015 at 2:55 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Losty - October 8, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Athene - October 8, 2015 at 5:01 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 5:15 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Athene - October 8, 2015 at 6:20 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 9, 2015 at 8:59 am
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Athene - October 9, 2015 at 6:13 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Losty - October 8, 2015 at 12:33 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Edwardo Piet - October 8, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 4:11 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 8, 2015 at 4:26 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 5:06 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by dyresand - October 8, 2015 at 5:12 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Drich - October 8, 2015 at 5:17 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by The Grand Nudger - October 8, 2015 at 4:59 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Cecelia - October 9, 2015 at 7:58 pm
RE: A few choice words id say. - by Ravenshire - October 9, 2015 at 8:12 pm

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