Centralina Council of Governments

Regional planning organization for a nine county region including and surrounding Charlotte, North Carolina.

Centralina Council of Governments

Serves as a conduit of grants, a staff resource for members, and a forum for local governments. Programs administered such as Area Agency on Aging and Marine Commissions, member governments, and annual report.

Division of Community Assistance

Assists local governments across the state with community development, economic development, smart growth management and downtown revitalization.

Division of Water Quality

State government site providing information on regulations, regional offices, and wetlands restoration program.

e-NC Authority

A grassroots initiative to encourage all citizens to use technology, especially the Internet, to improve their quality of life and their economic prospects.

Eastern Carolina Council of Government

Provides an organizational mechanism for local elected officials to meet and deal with region-wide issues. Governments in the region, statistics, funding sources, transportation and water resources information, and grant writing tips.

Lumber River Council of Governments

Serves as an administrative and service delivery arm for federal, state, regional, and local programs of its member governments. Board members, programs and activities, events, and member links.

North Carolina General Assembly

Official website containing information on committees, convening times, audio broadcasts, news, and calendars.

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Official State web site. Provides state-related information for citizens, visitors, and businesses about and available from state executive, judicial and legislative divisions, and elected officials and local governments.

North Carolina Industrial Commission

Workers' Compensation site. Offers information to Tar Heel claimants, employers, insurance carriers, their attorneys, and other interested parties.

Matthew Johnson wrote:

> In article <182.17.19.05.370092000@srcbs.org>, Bob Felts says...
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> >Matthew Johnson wrote:
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> >> In article <180.02.20.05.765783000@srcbs.org>, Bob Felts says...
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> >> >Matthew Johnson wrote:
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> >> >> In article <178.41.13.05.396198000@srcbs.org>, Bob Felts says...
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> >> >> >Matthew Johnson wrote:
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> >> >> [snip]
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> >> [snip]
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> >> >> > There are several places in Scripture which talks about God
> >> >> >desiring/willing something that we know (at least, if we aren't
> >> >> >universalists) doesn't happen in all cases.
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> >> >> True. That is why the Fathers -- and even the Scholastics -- made
> >> >> the distinction between "antecedent will" and "precedent will" of
> >> >> God.
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> >> >> If only you understood this distinction, you would then also realize
> >> >> that no, it is NOT an "excellent reason" for what you do and claim.
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> >> >I do understand the distinction.
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> >> No, you do not, as you make clear below:
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> >> > St. Thomas, for example, explains it this way, ""Antecedent will is
> >> >that by which God wills all to be saved; but when all the
> >> >circumstances of this or that individual are considered, it is found
> >> >to be good that all men should be saved; for it is good that he who
> >> >prepares himself, and consents to it, should be saved; but not he who
> >> >is unwilling and resists, etc. And this is called the consequent will,
> >> >because it presupposes a foreknowledge of a man's deeds, not as a
> >> >cause of the act of will, but as a reason for the thing willed and
> >> >determined."
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> >> Why, thank you, Bob, for supplying the exact quote for me. Pity you
> >> then _immediately_ proceeded to misunderstand it.
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> >> >The problem with this is that it places the decision within man, which
> >> >St. Paul plainly denies.
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> >> No, it does no such thing. Indeed: it sounds like you are ignoring
> >> Aquinas's final sentence in your own citation! Let me simplify it for
> >> you by breaking it up in to three and making vague references specific:
> >> read it as:
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> >> This is called the 'consequent will'. It is not a cause of the act
> >> of God's will. Instead, it is a reason for the thing God willed and
> >> determined.
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> >> So you see, the decision is STILL within God, not within man.
>
> >Read it again, Matthew:
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> Not necessary. I already know where your error lies.
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> >"for it is good that HE WHO PREPARES HIMSELF AND CONSENTS TO IT, SHOULD
> >BE SAVED".
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> Duh. But this does not imply what you think it does. See below.
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> >So t