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  1. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    Good. Same here. <chuckles> Yes it iiiiiii-iiiisssssss... <smile> Yes you haaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaavvvve... <smile> But don't worry, you're not the only one... <smile> Yeah you and Danny Boy, here... You boys are... characters. <smile> "Ouch." <chuckles> Grace and peace to you.
  2. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    Well first of all, the devil never said such a stupid thing, and second (last) of all Calvin (and Calvinists of course) don't believe such a stupid thing. Well this is true for all... They falsely believe that Calvinists claim that, yes. <smile> I mean, if God actually wanted anyone to go to...
  3. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    It was rhetorical, which I guess you missed (again)... The bolding and enlarging of the word 'can't' was intentional and suggestive, which, truth be told I don't know whether you really missed or not, but the point is what I have said, at least in effect, many times: you refuse to accept that...
  4. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    <chuckles> Grace and peace to you, Dan.
  5. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    Why would you tell anybody to choose anything, if they... can't ...think or make decisions? I mean humility is a great thing; you might give it a try. But aside from that, yet another total miss... Cheers, though. Grace and peace to you.
  6. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    Grace and peace to you.
  7. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    The same to you, Bombastic. Maybe a big part of the problem with some, here, is that they don't really understand what it means... or just haven't given it much thought, maybe... that "in Him..." ~ in God ~ "...we live and move and have our being" (Paul, in Acts 17:28), and that we can "work...
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    Free Will

    No, I don't, Bombastic. Again, the term total depravity can be very confusing... it's a bit of a misnomer, unless understood properly, particularly with regard to the proper sense in which one can or can't do something. I don't ignore. It's kinda stupid, really. <smile> <smile>...
  9. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    She's a hoot, that's for sure... <chuckles> As do I. But again, the question is whether the man will or not. And, if left to himself, which is the case in the case of those who God gives up to their own selfish passions and desires (Romans 1), they will not. They could, because they know...
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    Free Will

    In your humble opinion. Yeah cool. In your humble opinion. Yeah cool. No... But yet... <smile> ..."by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourself..." (Ephesians 2:4-8). It is literally impossible for anyone with an intelligence quotient over, say, three, to...
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    Free Will

    Nah, you just foist that on me. And Calvin, and Calvinists... <sigh> It's not "total inability" at all. At least not in the wooden sense that you say that. Which is funny, because you say it doesn't have anything to do with not being able to do anything good at all, but then you say it...
  12. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    Well, how many times do you want me to... well, dismiss your saying that for what it is (rubbish)? <smile> I just don't... "understand" it in the way you want me to, because... it's wrong. <smile> Right, because you change the definition into something entirely different that what it is...
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    Free Will

    <sigh> "That's what they are called, "moslems" No, Muslims. <smile> They are actually very offended at being called 'moslems,' as they used to be quite some time ago... back in the dark ages, so to speak... PinSeeker: A man cannot change his own heart from stone to flesh "No, God does...
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    Free Will

    "Scripture teaches that God wants all people to be saved and offers salvation to all people (1 Timothy 2:3-6, 1 Timothy 4:10, Matthew 22:1-13, Titus 2:11), so we can safely assume that God makes it possible for all people to be saved." Absolutely. Makes it possible, yes. I've affirmed this...
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    Free Will

    "The context (of Luke 18:27) is in relation to Jesus using hyperbole to illustrate how difficult it is for a rich man who seemingly has everything he needs to enter the kingdom of God. The question was not asked in relation to all people. Rich people tend to not realize that all the riches in...
  16. PinSeeker

    Free Will

    "If it's not man's responsibility to believe, then it makes no sense for Jesus to marvel at how much faith the centurion had or to marvel at the unbelief of the Nazarenes He was talking to. The faith someone had or lack thereof would never have surprised Jesus at all if faith was given to people...
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    Free Will

    "Not that I've seen. Where did you give your understanding of total depravity and total inability? Give me a post number." I've done so several times... It's easier to first explain what it is not, and from that we can understand what it is. In a recent thread in the Christian Apologetics...
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    Free Will

    "Ah, yes. The "general call" to repentance and belief and offer of salvation that goes out to everyone, but somehow can only be answered by relatively few." Two points here... First, the use of the word "can" is problematic, here, as I have said. The issue is not woodenly whether they "can"...
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    Free Will

    <sigh> "Faith is not any assurance. Faith in Christ is TRUST. God does not give you this Trust (faith) .....>He requires it from you, to save you." Okay, once more... <chuckles> These are God's words not mine: "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not...
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    Free Will

    You mean as if I haven't? <chuckles> Right, this is the general outward call of the Gospel. Sure. Good. I certainly didn't make up Hebrews 11:1... <chuckles> I mean to deny the very definition of faith given to us by the Holy Spirit is... astounding. And then also there is Hebrews 12:2...