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Where in the Bible is the notion of free will discussed? I'm not as conversant with the text as I could be, and a friend has asked me where he could find the subject in either Testament. I imagine that the term "free will" doesn't exist in the Bible (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: A sincere question about the Bible
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(...) I would start with archetypal story of Adam and Eve and "original sin". We are free to choose from good and evil. This is a recurrent theme throughout the OT and NT. The People of God are always given the choice to choose good from evil, and (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: A sincere question about the Bible
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(...) I may be wrong about this, since I was raised Methodist/Pentacostal, but my understanding of predestination only affected whether you went to heaven or not. In other words, I don't think Calvinism (the origin of predestination) assumes that we (...) (21 years ago, 24-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: A sincere question about the Bible
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orrex@excite.com (Dave Schuler) wrote in <Hopn0o.1M3y@lugnet.com>: (...) Yep, it's mostly implicit. Apart from the stuff John mentioned, there are some places where it's pretty clear, like in this combination: 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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