(March 6, 2012 at 8:46 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Look, I don't entirely disagree, because like I say I'm a Christian heretic. Believe me, when a fundy posts on the board I'll be one of the first to challenge them. If your theology depends on sacrificial atonement you have big problems, all of which the members here know like the backs of their hands.
I believe the entire Bible is true, there are prophesies that are not yet completely understood, that does not make them any less true. I believe that the sacrificial atonement of Christ is the only redemption for man, if one does not accept that as truth one is lost to the world. I do not see that I have problems, I do see however I have a God who loves me enough to go through all the trouble He did to give me a chance at redemption. This fundy is proud to be a christian, even though it came to me as an undeserving person.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.