(October 9, 2013 at 10:44 am)Rational AKD Wrote: on this post, I will take on a common argument made against theists (mainly Christians) and show what the free will defense is and how it successfully defends Christianity from these arguments.
What Cheerful Charlie said, your god Yahweh doesn't give a crap about "free will". Your god routinely "hardens the hearts" of people or "sends them a strong delusion" in the OT and the NT, manipulating them for his own ends.
Furthermore, far more passages of the Bible suggest the predestination of who is saved (i.e. "the elect") rather than free will. For example:
Quote:Romans 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
The Biblical world is largely a deterministic one, with Providence mapping out everything from beginning to end.
Christians really need to read their own Bible before spouting this philoso-babble.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
