(August 20, 2023 at 8:08 am)Barry Wrote:(August 20, 2023 at 7:31 am)LinuxGal Wrote: Your own scripture denies that free will exists.
Romans 9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
Sorry, no it doesn’t. You can’t have sin without free will. Nor forgiveness. Scripture is full of it.
No, seriously, the passage literally denies free will.
Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.