Are you suggesting Christianity is incoherent (since Romans 6:7 is generally accepted), or are you suggesting the souls in heaven lack free will? I ca...
You previously said, "They would give up the freedom to sin but would still be free in infinite possibilities of goodness" This seems to imply we stop...
"i do not see how, "Because freedom is necessary if goodness is to be freely chosen" is a tautology" It just defines what it means to be a free choice...
Do you agree with the both of the following: 1. If there are free-willed souls in heaven, then: at least some of them will sin & Romans 6:7: (" anyone...
"freedom is necessary if goodness is to be freely chosen. " Sure, but that's a tautology. We make choices every day, sometimes choosing good and somet...
"They would give up the freedom to sin but would still be free in infinite possibilities of goodness. " Why wouldn't an omnibenevolent God just create...
Are you really choosing to give up free will, or is that an unexpected consequence? Is it a good thing to lack free will? Why bother with suffering on...
"What is choice? I undersand it's a road crossing. There is more than one path to take and, if we have free will, we can choose, unaffected by any fac...
" Meaning is reference to states of affairs. " That sounds about right, in terms of D.M. Armstrong's "States of Affairs" ontology. Meaning seems to be...
It seems to me, an objective Trump supporter ought to acknowldge Trump's deficiencies even if he embraces most of what Trump does. We will always have...
"They are in heaven because they freely chose not to fall with the rest of creation, not because God made it impossible for them to fall." Is it impos...
Consider a world identical to this one except it lacks intelligent life. Does "meaning" correspond to anything that exists in that world? "Meaning" re...
"Who is to say that the pain and suffering is 'needless'? Suppose it serves a greater good? Suppose when we all get to heaven we agree that a little s...
"Your argument is that God can make us free but determine the outcome of that freedom. " That is not my argument. If God's knowledge of the outcome en...
Epistemological justification for adopting this form of argument: it is a valid deductive proof (as far as I can tell, although I admittedly skipped a...
Premise 4 is based on Romans 6:7: " anyone who has died has been set free from sin" 1John3 also supports this. It also shows that we will be like Chri...
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