The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Does God force men to sin?

Yeh know, Mike... you are constantly making erroneous assumptions about Scripture, God, Calvin, Calvinism, and now me. That's not comedic... it's pitiable.

I am more than familiar with writings other than those of Reformed/Calvinistic authors. Yes, I have read and studied Plato, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Percolates, et al Greek philosophers. I have read a plethora of works written by non-Reformed theologians.

FYI, Thomas Aquinas wrote on predestination as well, so I guess that makes 2 of them? However, if I'm not mistaken there are some biblical writers, inspired by God the Spirit who wrote on the subject of predestination, election, foreordination, etc. And to be honest, I unfortunately have spent the majority of my time reading those writings rather than Plato or C.S. Lewis.

BTW, as pointed out to you previously, the CHURCH addressed the matter of "free-will" in 529 AD at the Council of Orange. Since Augustine died on August 28, 430, one must conclude that there were many more of the same mind other than him, eh?

Historically, issues aren't generally written about ecclesiastically unless there is a dispute about what the Church holds to be true, e.g., Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Chalcedon, Council of Orange, the Belgic Confession, Canons of Dordt and many of the other major Confessions and Catechisms were written to combat errors. In the early years, it was difficult to circulate documents as well... in case you aren't aware, they didn't have computers, the Internet, nor even USPS.

Re: "free will offering"... I have already commented on that phrase and compared it to the theological phrase "free-will".