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In article <7A008413-EF20-FE74-14EB-499C2A8417E1@srcbs.org>, Gary says...
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>"Matthew Johnson" wrote in
>message news:152.03.14.05.282769000@srcbs.org...
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>> In article <152.32.09.05.627127000@srcbs.org>, Gary McNees
>says...
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>> >But Thomas did not. Thomas wrote extensively about
>> >how free will (contingent events) are compatible with
>> >God's knowledge.
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>> And this part, Aquinas got essentially correct.
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> Matthew, I gather from this that you are not a great fan
>of Aquinas?

No, I am not. Although he did some things of lasting good theological and
philosophical significance, he was still seriously mislead by Latin error, such
as the Filioque. In fact, there is even good reason to believe that this one
error is the basis for all his other errors, such as his _total_
misunderstanding of Dionysius the Areopagite, and his tragically ambiguous
statements concerning predestination.

Remember: not only the interpretation of the relevant Scripture, but even the
interpretation of Aquinas is still a cause for division between Molinists and
followers of Suarez -- both of whom claim to be strict Thomists!


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kevination@gmail.com wrote:
> In response to both posts, I'd have to ask why forgiveness and
> punishment
> are so often thought of as mutually exclusive. Seems to me one can and
> should discipline one's child _and_ forgive them, in fact the
> discipline
> ideally should be a refining, rather than dismissive act.

This is the very case as noted in Heb 12

>This applies
> to
> capital punishment too, though exactly how it does is something I don't
> think
> we can grasp,

"Thou shall not kill."

Rom. 2:12 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish
without the Law; and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged
by the Law;

"They are without excuse."

A murderer can be forgiven, but he still has to pay the penalty for his
crime. If men put to death murderers, they why do you think it should
be different for God? Are not our conscience a reflection of His,
however fallen it has become? Should we just pat the murderer on the
back and state, "We know that you grew up in an abusive home," or "We
know that your grandfather once short changed a customer," or some
other imagined d