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7th August 2008

Free Will: First Problem of Rejecting it–Denying its Possibility Denies God’s Sovereignty

Two previous posts identify the most difficult philosophical obstacle and most obvious practical objection to believing in a radical free will.
a fork in the pathThis post begins the opposite task: identifying the key theological (or philosophical) problem of rejecting the possibility of radical free will. There will be about six posts working on this part of the task.
Subsequent posts will identify the key moral (or practical) problem of denying the reality of radical free will.
2.1.1 To claim that determinism is rationally necessary impugns God’s sovereignty.
One of the first criticisms of the free will position is that the idea of a truly free will impinges on the sovereignty of God. This criticism is actually just Read the rest of this entry »

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