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What does that corruption consist of? How does one corrupt a spirit?

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Agreed. But if TULIP is an accurate representation of those things, the acronym isn't the offense. If TULIP is NOT an accurate representation of those things, but is an accurate representation of someone's views, the acronym still isn't the offense. Thus, it is easier to use the acronym. The...

But you agree that TULIP says we have no control over those things, right?

TULIP is the most useless doctrine there is. If God is going to save someone, He will do it despite the person’s will. If God is not going to save someone, no amount of pleading will change His mind. So what are we supposed to do about our salvation? NOTHING. You can’t even work out your...

Do you not know what a "namesake" is?

You are shut down by your own user-namesake. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I wasn't sure if your response was aimed at me or at 1689Dave. After rereading it, I think you meant it for me, except for the first couple paragraphs. I'll reply to the rest. I'd like to suggest that, besides this being an ad hominem attack, it shows you are out of ammunition for your own...

Well, that’s disappointing. After writing out in my post the very statement from the 1689 that says God is not the author of sin, you feel it is necessary to tell me that it says God is not the author of sin? Makes me think you only read in sound bites. Let’s try again. Both confessions...

In a sense this could be true. If Adam sinned because God planted a tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden, then it is true. But God isn't the author of sin in this case if He made Adam with the ability to choose good or evil. If you combine Is 46:10 ([Isa 46:10 KJV] 10 Declaring the...

What would you consider to be something, in my theology from what you've seen so far, which would suggest to you that anyone can or does thwart any part of God's ordained will? I haven't said anything like that. That's why I call it a caricature. And you have to do that, because the arguments...

This is a nice caricature, but if it helps you avoid the contradictions of your theology, I guess you can use it. I don't reject the deity of Christ, nor do I think God is made in the image of man. But I do believe man is made in the image of God, and God is a creative and responsive and...

I guess I have a similar question for you. Why does God's sovereignty need to depend on His knowing the future exhaustively, such that even you, apparently, are willing to say God is the author of sin, since He is ordaining events in response to things humans do, but the humans are not yet...

I answered those example of yours. Why won't you answer mine? I've already had to move away from Calvinism and Arminianism, after trying to fit them into each other in a "Calminian" sort of fashion. Didn't work. The reason it didn't work is that they don't fit together at all, except for the...

Shall we review a couple of those scriptures? Like when God told Hezekiah he was going to die of the sickness, and then said he would recover from the sickness? If God really knew Hezekiah's future (15 more years), why did it take Him 2 tries to get it right? Are you saying that God is not...

[Isa 41:2-4 KJV] 2 Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow. 3 He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way [that]...

Of these things, Peter's denial is the hardest, so I'll save that til last. Judas. There are two things to remember about this one. 1. Judas' betrayal was predicted long before Judas existed. But there was no name attached to it. 2. Jesus chose His disciples, and knew that one was a devil from...

I assume you are referring to this verse: Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: But if you read that verse, God tells us on what basis He knows the end (not the...

On what basis do you define omniscience? Do you apply the word without caveat? Why? Tell me this. Can God destroy a city before it is built? If not, then He's subject to time, in that sense. He's not subject to time in the sense that we are, where we get older and more decrepit. Tell me...