tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post116250760049446272..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: An Interesting QuoteWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1162666641409977072006-11-04T12:57:00.000-06:002006-11-04T12:57:00.000-06:00Whether or not this quote accurately reflects BoC ...Whether or not this quote accurately reflects BoC doctrine, I wouldn't know, obviously. But I hope not, as it seems to me confused and confusing. The second half of the passage seems to contradict the first half.<BR/><BR/>To say a man can only do one thing (reject God), and then to call that "freedom" -- what's with that? <BR/><BR/>That's slavery.<BR/><BR/>I agree with the laudable conclusion: "All man's help must thus come from God; all his ruin comes from himself."<BR/><BR/>But as for the supporting argument...it would be more straightforward as well as consistent to say either that man has no freedom at all (in which case one would have to find a way to get God off the hook) or to say God gives every man the freedom to accept OR reject him, in which case one might need to find a way to get man off the pedestal labeled, "Merit" if he does accept. That last turns out not to be any big theological problem and with it solved, we can arrive without sophistry at the conclusion that "All man's help must thus come from God; all his ruin comes from himself."<BR/><BR/>AnastasiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1162593878117898722006-11-03T16:44:00.000-06:002006-11-03T16:44:00.000-06:00I'm personally not that excited by it. I don't fi...I'm personally not that excited by it. I don't find it theologically particularly incorrect. Nonetheless, I prefer to emphasize that justification opens up the possibility of freedom by binding us to God. This is more paradoxical and profound I think. I also think that it possesses less room for a synergistic false interpretation. In any case, you've given me a good reading suggestion. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com