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crakjak 09-05-2007 12:31 AM

Sure is Boring Around Here!! so.....
 
"The universalist perspective rests upon two theological assumptions for which we can find ample support in the NT: first, that God, being perfectly loving, wills or sincerely desires the redemption of all sinners, and second, that God, being almighty, has the power to achieve this end. If you accept both of these assumptions, then universalism follows as a deductive consequence. So if you reject universalism, then you must also reject at least one of these assumptions; that is you must either deny that God wills (or sincerely desires) the redemption of all sinners or deny that He has the power to achieve it. The Augustinians (Calvinists) deny the first assumption, and the Arminians (OP's) deny the second. But St. Paul, I have argued, endores both assumptions; and in some of his most systematic theological discourses, such as Romans 5 and 11 and I Corinthians 15, he explicitly endorses the idea of universal reconciliation as well." Quoted from, "The Inescapable Love of God" by Thomas Talbott.:tricycle:heeheehee

pelathais 09-05-2007 03:42 AM

Okay, I'll bite... Romans 9:22

God does not "will or sincerely desire the redemption of all sinners..." He has a "will" that desires to show "wrath" as well as love. He has a "desire" to destroy some vessels (human beings).

OP_Carl 09-05-2007 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by crakjak (Post 233111)
"The universalist perspective rests upon two theological assumptions for which we can find ample support in the NT: first, that God, being perfectly loving, wills or sincerely desires the redemption of all sinners, and second, that God, being almighty, has the power to achieve this end. If you accept both of these assumptions, then universalism follows as a deductive consequence. So if you reject universalism, then you must also reject at least one of these assumptions; that is you must either deny that God wills (or sincerely desires) the redemption of all sinners or deny that He has the power to achieve it. The Augustinians (Calvinists) deny the first assumption, and the Arminians (OP's) deny the second. But St. Paul, I have argued, endores both assumptions; and in some of his most systematic theological discourses, such as Romans 5 and 11 and I Corinthians 15, he explicitly endorses the idea of universal reconciliation as well." Quoted from, "The Inescapable Love of God" by Thomas Talbott.:tricycle:heeheehee

It kinda puts those "hell is hot, and full of churchgoers just like you" preachers out of business, huh?

crakjak 09-05-2007 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pelathais (Post 233138)
Okay, I'll bite... Romans 9:22

God does not "will or sincerely desire the redemption of all sinners..." He has a "will" that desires to show "wrath" as well as love. He has a "desire" to destroy some vessels (human beings).

Very good attempt. However, if we read the context of Romans 9:22, we will readily deduct that Paul is saying that God endured the sinfulness of the Gentiles for one simple reason. That reason is that He had a plan, that through the Jewish nation He would reconcile the whole creation.

22 What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, 23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? NKJ

He endured centuries of sinfulness, so that He could complete His plan.

Your post puts you squarely in the Calvinists camp, which declares that God is a respecter of persons, and that God is hateful, in that He creates the vast majority of humanity to roast them in the pit for billions and billions of years. This position soils the character of God, our heavenly Father.

crakjak 09-05-2007 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OP_Carl (Post 233304)
It kinda puts those "hell is hot, and full of churchgoers just like you" preachers out of business, huh?

Oh, that it would put them out of the "hellhole of endless torture" business, and convert them to what Paul calls the "ministry of reconciliation".

crakjak 09-05-2007 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by crakjak (Post 233111)
"The universalist perspective rests upon two theological assumptions for which we can find ample support in the NT: first, that God, being perfectly loving, wills or sincerely desires the redemption of all sinners, and second, that God, being almighty, has the power to achieve this end. If you accept both of these assumptions, then universalism follows as a deductive consequence. So if you reject universalism, then you must also reject at least one of these assumptions; that is you must either deny that God wills (or sincerely desires) the redemption of all sinners or deny that He has the power to achieve it. The Augustinians (Calvinists) deny the first assumption, and the Arminians (OP's) deny the second. But St. Paul, I have argued, endores both assumptions; and in some of his most systematic theological discourses, such as Romans 5 and 11 and I Corinthians 15, he explicitly endorses the idea of universal reconciliation as well." Quoted from, "The Inescapable Love of God" by Thomas Talbott.:tricycle:heeheehee

bump, its still booooorrrrrinnng around here.

Nahum 09-05-2007 11:06 PM

No it's not. Didn't you see the stats BOOM posted?

AFF is roaring.

revrandy 09-05-2007 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster (Post 233875)
No it's not. Didn't you see the stats BOOM posted?

AFF is roaring.


Like a trickeling creek.....:D


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