County clerk's office. Genealogy records.

Area history and photos, events, organizations, and businesses.

Includes a community calendar, information about area attractions, maps, and accommodations.

Census statistics for Baraga County.

"Matthew Johnson" wrote in
message
news:A0DE353B-426A-5861-7498-03B0CC6B13C0@srcbs.org...
> In article
<52BD3FB7-B469-8C3B-8E6F-19BBA6CB2D7E@srcbs.org>, Bart
Goddard
> says...
> >
> >matthew_member@newsguy.com wrote:
> >
> >>>> Hence God CAN save anyone He chooses to save.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Even the person who resists His will?
> >>
> >> Sure. Why not?
> >
> >Since he's arguing with Gary, who said that no one
> >is saved without making a free will choice, it should
> >be obvious what Bob is after.
>
> Bob has a one-track mind; so it is always pretty obvious
what he is after. What
> is NOT obvious is why he thinks that asking his question
will get him any closer
> to that dubious goal.
>
> > Gary keeps saying that
> >"free will" is an expression of God's love and that God
> >would never "force" anyone to believe. It'll be
> >interesting to see how much longer Gary can hold on to
> >his contradiction.
>
> Well, since Gary does not share your false premise
concerning the meaning of the
> omnipotence of God, there might not be any contradiction
in _his_ belief, only
> in your straw-man version of Gary's argument.

Precisely, Matthew.

God is not a despot, despite what the Bart and the Calvinist
Bob
assert.

Gary



((( s.r.c.b-s is a moderated group. All posts are approved by a moderator. )))
((( Read http://srcbs.org for details about this group BEFORE you post. )))

Bart Goddard wrote:

> thedirkhartog@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > I am delighted to hear it.
>
> Of course you are. You are the mouth of Satan here:
>
> Gen. 3:1 "Did God really say...?"
>
>
> > Can you please list the evidence you have
> > in mind?
>
> Why don't you try to convince us that Dr. Seuss (Theodore
> Giesel) wrote Green Eggs and Ham? If you knew the first
> thing about logic, you'd be able to find relevant questions.
> But you prefer this pseudo-rhetorical nonsense. Pick up an
> history text and see if you can find a single article where
> the author 1. names himself in the article, 2. claims to
> have met George Washington or Attila the Hun or 3. claims
> to have witnessed the events.
>
> It takes a lot of hard work and cooperation on the part of
> many experts to erect a large building, but only one idiot
> with a can of gas and a match to destroy it. Any idiot can
> sit around and say "really?" "really, really?" but it
> doesn't mean anything, since the coward is afraid to be on