Why free will?

[NightTwister]

PaulThomson said:
It doesn't make sense that God would repent of making man, if before He made them He knew the outcome of every choice of the men He would make. I don't think it is necessary to assume that God exhaustively knows the future, in order to also believe the Bible and the Gospel.


Your beliefs about God cognitively dissonant.
cognitive dissonance
noun

: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously

Only to you.

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

Revelation The Holy Spirit baptises you into water.

 

[FollowerofShiloh]

If someone is truly born again they are no longer in danger of eternal hell, however, they still do, at times, yield their bodies to the temptations of this world by committing sins. When they commit sin, they separate themselves from their fellowship with God, until they repent. If we say that we have no sin, we lie and the truth is not in us.

You come across as being very prideful in believing that you hardly ever commit a sin.

I never said we don't sin after becoming saved. I said we should sin less and some of the sins that tripped us up we should eventually overcome.

 

[PaulThomson]

PaulThomson said:
It doesn't make sense that God would repent of making man, if before He made them He knew the outcome of every choice of the men He would make. I don't think it is necessary to assume that God exhaustively knows the future, in order to also believe the Bible and the Gospel.


Your beliefs about God cognitively dissonant.
cognitive dissonance
noun

: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
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Only to you.

You should really say "It does to me". You don't know I'm the only one who finds the above cognitively dissonant.

 

[NightTwister]

PaulThomson said:
It doesn't make sense that God would repent of making man, if before He made them He knew the outcome of every choice of the men He would make. I don't think it is necessary to assume that God exhaustively knows the future, in order to also believe the Bible and the Gospel.


Your beliefs about God cognitively dissonant.
cognitive dissonance
noun

: psychological conflict resulting from incongruous beliefs and attitudes held simultaneously
Click to expand...



You should really say "It does to me". You don't know I'm the only one who finds the above cognitively dissonant.

I'm confident it's only you.

 

[ForestGreenCook]

a saves person should repent straight away and not make the same mistake.

Because a saved person should be convicted by the holy spirit, even before they sin and saved person should be convicted not to sin when temptation strikes.

Am I hearing you right, that you are saying that you do not sin?

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

Am I hearing you right, that you are saying that you do not sin?

you forget to dangle you carrots

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

You come across as being very prideful in believing that you hardly ever commit a sin.

accusing someone of being prideful over not wanting to sin. Is very prideful

 

[ForestGreenCook]

you forget to dangle you carrots

you forget to dangle you carrots

That is not an answer.

 

[Thunderrr-mental]

That is not an answer.

. Oh was you looking for a Pacific answer. Dang silly me

 

[PaulThomson]

I'm confident it's only you.

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On what sampling of the population are you basing your confidence? And if your bar for confidence on this allegation is set so low, that should give you pause concerning the reliability of the rest of the matters you are confident of, including the full range of your theological opinions