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  • CadyandZoe
    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    Why can't it be both? Is it unreasonable to assert than an author of a book causes the sin, but is not responsible for the sin he caused?
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    CadyandZoe reacted to marks's post in the thread TULIP an open discussion with Like Like.
    Either God chooses for us to sin, making Him the responsible party, or a person chooses to sin, making them the responsible party. It...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    Well, it's intended to be apples and oranges. :) The analogy was suggested to me by a friend of mine, who was looking for an ordinary...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    Yes! That's the passage I was looking for yesterday. Thanks for that. I note that Jesus' offer is not framed as a "quid pro quo"...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    The question is: Did John mean to say, "the earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features?" I don't think...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    Yes, but Paul is going a step further. I agree with everything you just said, but in the Greek, Paul makes a further point. Not only are...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    Yes. I agree. Here is another passage that speaks in similar terms. Romans 1:4-6. . . . who was declared the Son of God with power by...
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    CadyandZoe reacted to marks's post in the thread TULIP an open discussion with Like Like.
    The Gospel is a command. We are commanded to believe. Why? For a dog and pony show? 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 KJV 19) To wit, that God...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    You have misconstrued what Paul said. You have reframed his position in terms of actions we take, when Paul was not speaking about...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    The Apostle Paul is often misunderstood. Some argue that "by faith" means "because of faith" and that "faith" is our part necessary for...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    You say this like God could have chosen the alternative because that is what we are discussing here. Wrangler reminded us that free-will...
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    CadyandZoe reacted to APAK's post in the thread TULIP an open discussion with Love Love.
    You are doing a bang-up job here C+Z. Keep up the great work. What is missing by most in this type of conversation is the fact as my...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    The pot's reaction is absent from Paul's potter analogy. It was a pleasure to dialogue with you.
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    No. Paul is making his own point using a potter analogy. An analogy can have more than one "target" idea in view. Jeremiah's target idea...
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    CadyandZoe replied to the thread TULIP an open discussion.
    I understand the argument that a free-will choice should be entirely free, to the extent that one could have chosen the alternative if...