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Amrhrasach:

--- Quote from: EKnight on April 22, 2009, 02:06:27 PM ---
I know you said you no longer believe that.  I just wanted to emphasize one thing.  One cannot make a wrong choice.  Whatever choice you made/make is the will of God and therefore the right choice regardless of the outcome. 

I have experienced this very scenario first hand and while I sometimes question my decision because of the outcome not appearing to be rosy, I know that I prayed hard for guidance when making the decision and unless Luke 11
--- Quote ---11 "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"
--- End quote ---
is not the truth, I know that God led me to what was right in His sight.

Eileen

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Hi Eileen, I don’t wish to turn this into a “me” thread but I must question your comment and relate a personal story to exaggerate the point.

20 years ago (December 2008) as a young man I made the disastrous decision/choice to get involved, after drinking heavily, into a one night stand with a woman.  No physical contact other than the one night.  A couple of months later I was served with a paternity suit legal document.   Little did I know…..what I would learn to be…..the professional nature of this young lady.  After months of research by an attorney it seems this young lady had quite a history of similar occurrences.   2 years of court process and several hundred dollars later the blood test served in pronouncing innocence of paternal responsibility.    I made a terrible choice of conduct, no question, but the mental detriment and baggage I carried for years produced scars beyond healing.   They still aren’t healed. 

Now with the idea that there are NO wrong choices or that the choice I made was the will of God, how do you suppose I reconcile this terrible decision and it’s very, very far ill reaching mental effects back to God is a loving caring God who allowed/instructed/authorized/predetermined/preordained/foreordained such an ill-fated choice?

You don’t have to answer that question. 

My point is this: there are many who have done similar or far worse things in life.   They too, although they may not admit, have serious trouble reconciling their “choices” back to the “no free will” and “the will of God” in their most vile and destructive choices.   The "myth of free-will" is a towering giant with power to control and make strong men weak.  Just because one person reconciles with ease doesn't mean they can walk a mile or two in another's shoes with similar authority and confidence.

Hopefully this sheds some light on the difficulty in the learning curve even that there are no "wrong choices".

Gary

mharrell08:
Great thread but I think it has run it's course...Ray has many papers/bible studies on this subject for further info.


Marques

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