tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1354751952160073830..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Robotic infernoRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-89070712964570712052015-03-26T11:51:05.359-04:002015-03-26T11:51:05.359-04:00Their argument boils down to "I don't app...Their argument boils down to "I don't approve of the way God chose to do things!"<br /><br />Shall the clay say to the Potter...?CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231394164372721485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-81994352305873744442015-03-26T08:36:32.168-04:002015-03-26T08:36:32.168-04:00Great point. That's like Romans 9 in judo form...Great point. That's like Romans 9 in judo form.<br /><br />Of course, Calvinists don't agree that limited free will makes us robots, but as long as non-Calvinists think it does it's still a Biblical response.<br /><br />Reading the comments to begin with, I thought you might go in the direction of correcting the false idea of sin implied here, namely that the commission of a sin is what makes it a sin. We aren't condemned because of the commission of sins. We're condemned because of the fallen nature that makes it a sin. If God causes us to do anything, even an otherwise good thing, then it's laced with sin because of our nature. Our motives at the very least are impure. But God's motives are always good.<br /><br />That's why the Calvinist argument that God restrains us from committing sin is important. If he allows us to do anything, then we sin. But God is not at fault for it for his motive is always righteous according to his righteousness as creator all things.Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.com