RE: Faith and Works
September 2, 2014 at 2:22 pm
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2014 at 2:23 pm by Mudhammam.)
(September 2, 2014 at 10:05 am)Drich Wrote: IF you want understanding of the things of God and not simply go through the motions, you Must seek the Holy Spirit first.
The way I read this, is that "works-based" religions allow for a person to be "saved," while yours offers no possibility. I say it's impossible because you're proposing that in order to obtain belief (unless God predetermines salvation), an unbeliever must believe, a contradiction between the subject and the predicate.
As I suggested in my OP, I don't think I choose to believe or disbelief any given proposition. I'm coerced by the sensibility of its internal reasoning and the external evidence that weighs for/against it
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza