>>>>Metal Ed, you are missing the point.
Do not blur Texan's beliefs with your own. Just because you are both "Christian" does not mean that you believe the same thing. I have seen enough debates between proponents of Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic to know that much.
Texan says God "created everything, knows everything, and allows everything to happen according to His will"
You point to the "allow" part of the above sentence. I point to the "according to his will" part. This is a contradiction. If it is "his will", then he made it happen. He did not merely "allow" it to happen.... he made it happen. That is what "according to his will" means. Remember that this being is supposedly all-powerful (Texan's word's, not mine). One cannot posit an all powerful, all knowing, creator of everything, in which all things happen "according to his will", and then also posit that we have free will. You'll sooner convince me that 2 + 2 = 5.
>>>>God ALLOWS everything to happen. He does not CAUSE it to happen.
So he's not the creator of everything, then. You must disagree with Texan on that point.
>>>>>>You cannot blame it on Him. Sin is the product of our own unwillingness to act in the way in which God would want us to act.
Its about free choice. God tells us, "You can either do it My way, the right way, or you can do it your way, the wrong way. It's your choice."
So God didn't create everything, then. He certainly doesn't create my decisions, according to what you are saying here. Or my thoughts. Or my actions. These are all things.
Do not blur Texan's beliefs with your own. Just because you are both "Christian" does not mean that you believe the same thing. I have seen enough debates between proponents of Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic to know that much.
Texan says God "created everything, knows everything, and allows everything to happen according to His will"
You point to the "allow" part of the above sentence. I point to the "according to his will" part. This is a contradiction. If it is "his will", then he made it happen. He did not merely "allow" it to happen.... he made it happen. That is what "according to his will" means. Remember that this being is supposedly all-powerful (Texan's word's, not mine). One cannot posit an all powerful, all knowing, creator of everything, in which all things happen "according to his will", and then also posit that we have free will. You'll sooner convince me that 2 + 2 = 5.
>>>>God ALLOWS everything to happen. He does not CAUSE it to happen.
So he's not the creator of everything, then. You must disagree with Texan on that point.
>>>>>>You cannot blame it on Him. Sin is the product of our own unwillingness to act in the way in which God would want us to act.
Its about free choice. God tells us, "You can either do it My way, the right way, or you can do it your way, the wrong way. It's your choice."
So God didn't create everything, then. He certainly doesn't create my decisions, according to what you are saying here. Or my thoughts. Or my actions. These are all things.
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