There is no such animal as Libertarian Free WIll. It is a logical impossibility. If you disagree, state your case.
John Frame
1. Choices are either caused or uncaused.
2. If a choice is uncaused, then it springs from nothing and is, therefore, morally irrelevant.
3. Choices are morally relevant.
4. Therefore, choices are caused (and therefore necessary).
5. The causes of choices are either chosen or not chosen.
6. If the causes of choices are chosen, then an infinite regress of choices and causes must precede any choice.
7. An infinite regress of causes and choices is impossible, therefore, the causes of choices are not chosen.
8. From 4 and 7 --> Choices are causally necessitated by something not chosen.
9. LFW contradicts 8, therefore, LFW is false.
Libertarian Free Will???
Discussion in 'Calvinism & Arminianism Debate' started by thatbrian, Jan 1, 2018.
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One might imagine he has Libertarian Free Will when he sees himself free to choose among various alternatives, but the ability to choose among various alternatives in no way proves that our choices are uncaused. Those are two separate matters.
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Wesley Briggman Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Would a free-will proponent define free-will as unbiased will?
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padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 NAS77
19 "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants,When it comes to following God we've never had a choice. Or so we've been told.
20 by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
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padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Deuteronomy 30:14-18 NAS77
14 "But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.
15 "See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity;
16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.
17 "But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,
18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You shall not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it.
You mean the part where Moses tells Israel that he has set before them life and prosperity or death and adversity? And that they could choose between obeying God. walking in His way and keeping the commandments? And that they could choose between one or the other? Do you mean the very clear and concise way Moses stated that Israel could choose to walk in life or death?
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padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Edited to answer the first two questions. His audience was God's chosen people: Israel. Was he explaining soteriology?
16 in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.The Law was all they had. What else would he be explaining here?
17 "But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them,
18 I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You shall not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it.
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padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Israel, God's elect, were told to make a choice. Choose right and prosper, choose wrong and suffer. No big mystery here.
The will is not free. It is in bondage to the law of sin and death or it is bound to the law of New Life in Christ. -
padredurand Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Saved-By-Grace Well-Known Member
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InTheLight Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
And now, a selection from the Calvinist's dictionary:
God's permissive will: Stuff that God makes happen by allowing it to happen and/or doesn't stop from happening. (if regular Calvinists see: Adam's sin)
God's decretive will: Stuff that God makes happen. (if hyper-Calvinists see: Adam's sin)
God’s secret will: To save a few and reprobate the rest (secret to Arminians but not to us).
God’s revealed will: a mystery -
Saved-By-Grace Well-Known Member
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