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To: Berry Picker who wrote (917)	10/22/1999 9:58:00 AM
From: maouse	Respond to of 4775

"I believe the Bible teaches that there is no such thing as "FREE WILL" " -boy, you got it easy. I mean without free will (as it is called) there can be no sin. Just those who are for God and those who are against Him. All of which judged before birth and then why exist at all? I believe that for it to be a sin you must have foreknowledge that it is against God's will; you must be willing to do it; and you must not be sorry for doing it (in order that it remains a sin). What are the qualifications for (presumably) Lutheran sin? -maouse ps. I believe the Bible does not ever put the words free and will even in the same sentence, but I still believe in the concept that we all are free to choose between good and evil as we have taken this god given ability to choose/reason and added it to the knowledge obtained from the fruit of the tree. ""It is a name without a thing" - Martin Luther " to wit I respond: Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being; not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand, but do not try building a house on it. C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, Book IV, Ch.7