Are there any Calvinists on #nostr ? I’d love to hear your thoughts on free will. I don’t consider myself a Calvinist but I do see the logic behind most of the tenants. #bibliophile
Discussion
A man's will is 100% free to do whatever his nature desires.
What is the moral nature--i.e., the ethical disposition--of man since Adam?
so...looking for a fight? lol
😂 hope not, but perhaps a little mutually beneficial 'sparring'
Happy to. 🤝
What do you mean by free will? Or better yet, in what context?
Do you believe that we as humans have the ability to choose not to receive salvation and choose to live in sin and condemnation? The more I think and consider and pray on this the more I struggle with actually quantifying free will
quantification totally overrated...
qualify it.
Actually an interesting approach. You don’t see it phrased like that often.
I’m just a white belt but it usually goes like this. Humans today choose sin by default. But those who Christ died for (Rom 8:29-30), though they may stray and struggle at times in their sanctification (Matt 26:75), will ultimately be glorified in him. (John 10:27-29)
TLDR: No
That’s basically what I understand from scripture as well. To me that means we have no free will in matters of salvation sanctification and so on. I do think we have agency in our daily practices and routines I.e. prayer or reading Gods word etc.
As a side note, we’re seeing increasing alignment in the agnostic sciences that free will does not exist as an inherent quality of our nature. This isn’t exactly new, it’s been unpacked by the likes of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and many others, but it’s becoming a foundational space in recent decades.
The watered-down contemporary take seems to be: “No, you don’t have free will but it doesn’t matter anyway.”
