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I hold to a view similar to that of either 'soft determinism' or 'compatibilism' as that helps me better understand and explain events like the one this thread is about to my non-Christian neighbors.
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Hi CM
Here is a quick and hasty reply to your questions(it would be fun to explore this more):The Protestant Canon's OT (39 books) are translated from the 24 books of Masoretic Text (other ancient versions of the OT are consulted …
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I still have no idea what you mean by reasons to be sent? One can send a letter, a postcard, a present, or their written greetings, but how can reasons be sent (I still have no idea)?
And, if God, as you claim, sends people rea…
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But God manipulates them by sending all of the reasons, internal and external, that determine their final choice.
In other words, people do not have freedom of choice, and God is the author of all they do Good or Evil?
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How can a 'will' react? People can react and People can make choices, but how can a will do so?
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How can people do what they want if there is no freedom of will and thus hard determinism? And what does it mean for a reason to be sent? If God sends reason (whatever that means) then God predestining them is still totally ultimately …
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If what you argue is the case then no one other than God can be held accountable for actions and decisions. Personal culpability goes out the window for no one can resist their divine destiny or God's programming them. And, in such a paradigm God…
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Indeed God is absolutely sovereign (although the point of Matthew 10:28-31in context is actually a reminder of the power God after one's physical death not about his sovereignty in general), and at the very same time, people are absolutely culpab…
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A very salient point! And, I found the rest of your post to be helpful, articulate, and thoughtful.
Trying to make sense of tragic events (and having to have to explain these events) like these make me lean more to a Compatibi…
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I am not sure this is a completely recent phenomenon and to your credit you did not claim it was completely recent although I can see how one might interpolate your question that way. In my opinion, this phenomenon has been going on fo…
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In my opinion, in order to make efficient laws or take effective counteractions we need to ask ourselves:
Are, these tragedies isolated events or do they point to something larger going on in society or in culture? And, if so what is the …
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This would be the logical conclusion if one holds to 'Hard Determinism' theory or argument.
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Agreed
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See what a little more and a fresh reading will do? Keep reading and studying with understanding. CM
I am not sure what you mean by fresh reading? However, I agree that we should all keep studying, learning, and growing for non…
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When comments like this appear I wish there was a 'like button'!
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I already have, however it is clear from our many engagements that we each sometimes understand Paul different and most likely that is the case now. Never-the-less I thank you for sharing your beliefs, advice, and views.
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Yes, I agree and that is mainly the reason for this thread is for us all to see 'Sola Scriptura' inaction by both sides on the issue of the Trinity in order to facilitate better understanding between each other. Before I started this t…
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CM have you checked out this yet:
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https://christiandiscourse.net/index.php?p=/messages/4/#Item_1if you can, to your heart's desir…
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Of, course every contribution has value, the point however was not about value but the fact that those contributions ignored the questions posted in the OP
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God can guide and teach us with having to give us a mystical ability.
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Luke 24:45 and 2 Corinthians 3:6 are neither related in topic nor subject. Luke Speaks of Jesus explaining the scriptures (Luke 24:27 and Luke 24:45) and 2 Corinthians speaks of Christians as being ministers of a new covenant, not of a scroll, or…
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Sure, Jesus explained the written scriptures (Luke 24:27) and reprimanded the disciples for not believing what was already plainly written in the scriptures(Luke 24:25). Having said, that today I believe that vast majority of Christia…
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If there is a catch then it can no longer be said to be Sola Scriptura proper.
What you described sounds a lot like Prima Scriptura for in that paradigm one cannot understand the scriptures alone, but they something extra. In th… -
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Thanks for the added feedback! What you had to say makes perfect sense.
I think sometimes our preconceptions about YHWH can become 'idols'(figuratively speaking) and blindside us. -
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I will answer the question by sharing the following:
There was a time when a friend of mine did not see Messiah in the Hebrew Bible/OT but during that time it wasn't because of a lack of faith, arrogance, or stiffed-neckedness. I… -
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So far no one on this thread has demonstrated step by step how going by "Sola Scriptura" he/she came to the doctrine of Trinity from examining the Bible. That is not to say that in the future someone won't, but thus far no one on this …
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I am really confused as to what you are replying to? At, no time have I ever claimed that matters of faith must be proved scientifically. Rather, the questions were concerning the use of Sola Scriptura by western Protestants and in an …
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Yes, let's get real the questions in the OP have still not been answered except for by Wolfgang who by the way is not a Roman Catholic nor a member of the Orthodox Church but is a Protestant. The other individuals on this thread whom I…
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If it makes you feel any better they also complained about my post or rather what they assumed my post was about before actually reading it. However, I agree that they did not demonstrate how 'sola scriptura' works.
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Since we can't see each other's faces or hear each other's tone I need to be a little clearer myself.
One, I really liked your post, I think you were very observant in noticing the qualifiers and Two, you added an important point: The way…
