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Re: Does God have a name for God?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:22:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > I ALSO AM A SINNER. I AM INHERENTLY EVIL. Only God is perfect and sinless.
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> Just a nit to pick: wouldn't being a sinner imply that you have some
> capacity for good? IOW, unless EVERY act and thought you commit is a sin,
> then you have some amount of good, right? How could something inherently
> evil have good in it?
If we're splitting hairs, couldn't something inherently (ie: predisposed
to) evil still make the moral choice not to commit evil?
Dave!
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| (...) Hmmm. Good point. Which raises the question: is a thing evil by nature or by action? If someone were evil by actions, then I could see the possibility of good. If someone were evil by nature, then that person has a heckuva lot of work to do to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Just a nit to pick: wouldn't being a sinner imply that you have some capacity for good? IOW, unless EVERY act and thought you commit is a sin, then you have some amount of good, right? How could something inherently evil have good in it? (...) (24 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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