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10/10/14 8:49 AM |
Martin | | Texas | | | |
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S.Taylor wrote: No freedom of the will = no accountability. No accountability = no condemnation. This is basic logic. We don't condemn a tiger for exercising it's nature, nor do we hold a child accountable in the same way we do an adult. If you wrote, "No free agency = no accountability" I would agree with you. Tigers are not morally accountable for their actions, because they are not free moral agents with rational souls. They do not make intentional, deliberate moral choices that are either in line with or contrary to divine revelation concerning what is true and right. In that sense, human beings are totally different than tigers. They are not creatures of instinct, but intelligent beings who cannot commit sin except by suppressing divine revelation and deliberately choosing that which goes against the ordinance of God. That does not by any means mean the natural man has 'free will,' however-- a will freed from slavery to sin. You need to study the difference between free agency (which all human beings possess) and free will (which would mean there is an aspect of our being that does not need to be 'freed' by Christ from sin's dominion, contrary to the teaching of Jesus in John 8:34-36.) |
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5/14/14 10:42 AM |
Martin | | Texas | | | |
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This is absurd. For any being to have a moral conscience, it must first of all be self-aware. Machines are not conscious or self-aware-- they are machines. They do not have a mind, consciousness, or the power of self-determination. Any machine, even the most sophisticated computer in the world, can only do what it has been programmed to do-- and it executes its tasks in a mindless manner, without self-awareness of its own existence. It's a machine, after all! How stupid can you get-- to impute "moral conscience" to a machine! Not surprising, though, for a military that thinks cross-dressing and transgenderism may be good for the morale, order and discipline of our troops. |
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3/24/14 8:19 AM |
Martin | | Texas | | | |
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The problem of referring to the Lord's Day as the Sabbath (instead of simply calling it the Lord's Day) is that such terminology tends to erase the very significant differences between the way the Jews were commanded to keep Saturday (they were to bake or boil all food the day beforehand, never on the Sabbath-- Exodus 16:23), and the way the early Christians kept Sunday-- gathering for worship on that day. If we want to express the fact that the Lord's Day is properly used for rest and refreshment, as well as worship, then we ought to point out that the human need for refreshment is an ethical principle revealed by fourth commandment of enduring application, as Calvin says in the Institutes. Servants are not to be oppressed with unbroken labor, but indulged with a day of rest for their refreshment; and that principle would apply to anyone who wants to avoid making an idol of secular work and play. If you can't get your refreshment on Sunday, then it ought to be taken on another day. Worship and refreshment are proper activities on the Lord's Day, based on Scriptural example and moral principles revealed in the Word of God. In that sense, we might speak figuratively of the Lord's day as our "sabbath,' but it is confusing to identify it strictly with the Jewish Sabbath. |
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