" Let's talk again when one of your boys falls in love with a party girl. The Heart wants what the heart wants. If your heart does not belong to God then no amount of talking will reason you into giving it to Him. Or if you perfer if your son has given his heart to that party girl then nothing you can say or do will carry any weight. Even if it means his life."
You and I have completely different ideas of what imminent immediate life threatening danger means. Perhaps my 3 combat deployments in 7 yrs have made party girls seem less threatening, but I digress. It doesn't matter anyway. You and I are in agreement over letting my son make the choices he wants to make. There is no issue there. If his life was in danger and it was within the limits of my human abilities to save him, then yes, I would. I accept that giving him the right to choose makes him vulnerable to mistakes. This is where you and I split ways...In your response, you forgot to follow one little rule in our thought experiment. All powerful, limitless potential...remember? If I were God, there would be nothing beyond my abilities. My son could live and make mistakes as many times as he wants and learn all sorts of lessons. There would be lots of them I wouldn't like or agree with. Here is the second place we split roads...I WOULD NOT VULGARLY SUBJECT HIM TO TORTURE FOR A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION. That's the sick part. You don't seem to agree. So, let me ask you this: What difference in opinion or mistake outside of cold hearted murder or rape, would it be okay to send your child to eternal pain and suffering? As a Christain you must know of several right?
You and I have completely different ideas of what imminent immediate life threatening danger means. Perhaps my 3 combat deployments in 7 yrs have made party girls seem less threatening, but I digress. It doesn't matter anyway. You and I are in agreement over letting my son make the choices he wants to make. There is no issue there. If his life was in danger and it was within the limits of my human abilities to save him, then yes, I would. I accept that giving him the right to choose makes him vulnerable to mistakes. This is where you and I split ways...In your response, you forgot to follow one little rule in our thought experiment. All powerful, limitless potential...remember? If I were God, there would be nothing beyond my abilities. My son could live and make mistakes as many times as he wants and learn all sorts of lessons. There would be lots of them I wouldn't like or agree with. Here is the second place we split roads...I WOULD NOT VULGARLY SUBJECT HIM TO TORTURE FOR A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION. That's the sick part. You don't seem to agree. So, let me ask you this: What difference in opinion or mistake outside of cold hearted murder or rape, would it be okay to send your child to eternal pain and suffering? As a Christain you must know of several right?
