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Before the free agent exists? On what basis does God know it? Is the action independent of the agent, i.e., exists before the agent does? If so, then the agent isn't free, but dependent on the action. Think of it this way. What if God's actions were known before He decided to do them? How...

Thanks for jumping in, Calminian. I love the username! My first response is, "Why is God required to know the future?" The bible doesn't ever say God knows the future, except where it talks about what He plans to do. In other words, He knows what He will accomplish, and He knows that He will...

Thank you, Particular. I appreciate your stepping in here, and your delineation of the foreknowledge of sin as opposed to the creation of sin. I do have a question for you. How does one foreknow a particular someone (like Satan) is going to rebel if that person is not around (does not exist)...

So you agree that God's kingdom is divided against itself. Thank you for that clarification. What you are saying is that God needs sin. He is incomplete without it. Sin is a part of God's character. "Holy Righteous" and "Wholly Sinful" are synonymous, since God, in your view, is wholly...

Is that your definition, or did you get it from somewhere. I’m new here, so if you’ve already established yourself as an expert linguist, I wouldn’t yet know it. So if you don’t mind, please identify your sources. I wonder whether it’s worse to attribute God’s works to Satan, or Satan’s works...

Is it worse? Does that mean you’re admitting to blasphemy? But no, sin is not a created thing. It’s something a man could do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, we both had. I found Clark’s answer, but not mine. If my pastor’s answer was feeble, what would you call yours, where you can’t even provide one, but have to send me to Clark? Just so you know, you are telling God that He created man with a sin nature, and that is blasphemy. God only...

In addition, you’ve said here that God created Adam WITH SIN, meaning God did not create something “very good”. This is the problem with Calvinists—that they spend all their bible time redefining what God really means with His words, in order to make God fit their theology. You should read the...

That’s more than a little funny that I give you a dictionary’s definition, and you say I am the one that’s changing the definition to suit myself. But here’s the other funny thing: by saying that “Adam was the author of his sin because it is exactly the actions he chose to use,” you are...

A quick definition: to “author” means “be the originator of; create.” Unless sin is “very good”, or unless God did not finish His creation in 7 days, then you have a misunderstanding about God and sin. You and Dr Clark.

That’s your answer? That’s doing better than my pastor did? Hahahahahahahaha! I thought you were a big 1689 confession guy. Don’t you read it? God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise and holy counsel of His own will, freely and unchangeably, all things, whatsoever comes...

Did you actually talk to Dave? I didn’t see a response from him. Are you able to offer a different take than what my pastor offered? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I explained both that it wasn’t that simplistic, and I provided a link to the post where I answered your question. @1689Dave had already asked the same question you had, and had been involved in the conversation already, so it makes more sense to direct it at him. Feel free to click on the...

See my post here: What is "Sovereignty"?? You're missing a lot of the story. That question/answer wasn't the obstacle, it just confirmed what I had already surmised. But here's your chance to set things straight about sovereignty of God.

I’d like to add that He not only CAN do anything He wills to do, but WILL ACCOMPLISH anything He wills to do, as long as it doesn’t violate His nature. I’m a little hesitant about the “divine attributes” part, because I’m not so sure everyone is in agreement as to what those are, so I’m not sure...

He didn’t dodge it. He answered well. But the answer did not support his very strong commitment to Calvinism. It was related to Sovereignty, so I’ll let you take a shot, assuming I can remember the whole thing (it was several years ago). Please note that this was not what led me away from...

You missed my point. How could do better at answering my questions than you did last time you answered my questions? Especially since you would not answer them before. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Why? You haven’t answered any of my other questions. Why would you think you could do better on that one? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I tried hanging out with calvinists for 15 years. They were good Christians. Most loved the Lord, but when I asked my pastor (one of those Calvinists) a question, he had to throw off Calvinism to give me a straight answer. He was honest. You, however are not as mature as he was, since you...

His name is similar to another king of Salem (or Jerusalem) when the Israelites came up from Egypt to take Canaan. "Adonizedek", which means "the Lord is Righteous", or something like that. Remember that God gave the Canaanites 400 years to repent, and they instead went the other way. If...