tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7180516399002908210..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Lord Hunk-RaRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-35686535927208320392009-07-25T05:07:36.469-04:002009-07-25T05:07:36.469-04:00Victor Reppert: "You agree that repentance i...<b>Victor Reppert</b>: <i>"You agree that repentance in response to retribution is better than retribution alone, yet you don't think it would be better for God to guarantee that this will be the response to retribution? Why??? If X would be a better result, and God has it in his power to produce X, and God is good, shouldn't we be getting X?"</i><br /><br />I leave it to the heavy-hitters of Triablogue to smash this one out of the park. I hit this juicy fat pitch and I just get a double off the wall. I'll let Steve, Peter, et al just crush this one.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-60718136308885057562009-07-25T01:52:23.434-04:002009-07-25T01:52:23.434-04:00You agree that repentance in response to retributi...You agree that repentance in response to retribution is better than retribution alone, yet you don't think it would be better for God to guarantee that this will be the response to retribution? Why??? If X would be a better result, and God has it in his power to produce X, and God is good, shouldn't we be getting X?Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-63384747983916997222009-07-25T01:48:01.781-04:002009-07-25T01:48:01.781-04:00The post was a rebuttal to a specific claim, namel...The post was a rebuttal to a specific claim, namely, that love as understood by Arminians is soft, that it doesn't involve the infliction of punishment. <br /><br />Further, there is a difference between retribution on the one hand and satisfaction with retribution on the other. We may inflict retribution on a criminal but hope that the retribution also helps in the production of repentance.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-79891196356320215312009-07-24T12:02:38.249-04:002009-07-24T12:02:38.249-04:00"The problem with Reppert’s theology is that ..."<i>The problem with Reppert’s theology is that he’s like a cult leader who simply makes things up as he goes along based on whatever he wants to believe. It’s a syncretistic and idiosyncratic belief-system with the same credibility as Ramtha, Emanuel Swedenborg, Joseph Smith, Bhagwan Rajneesh, Claude Vorilhon, and Sun Myung Moon.<br /><br />Yet Reppert is pinning his immortal hopes on this optimistic mishmash of open theism, universalism, make-believe, and wishful thinking."</i><br /><br />At least he titled his blog correctly by calling it "dangerous idea."Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.com