beads,
Thank you. Your kind thoughts and prayers are appreciated. Again, thank you very much.
beads, from personal experience I know how hard it can be to unlearn something and to change one’s thinking and especially one’s heart. Therefore let me express my appreciation for and applaud your efforts up to this point; however, based on your statements and questions, it appears you yet cling to your old and acknowledged to be untenable positions. Even though you once stated, “I do not believe I can refute it,” you now seem bent on doing exactly that. May I respectfully ask, “Why?” What is really going on here? Have I missed something? Or is it you missing something?
You once said: “From I hear you saying, you believe that God does not know everything. I would certainly like to see the Scriptural evidence for that.”
I say: I have provided “the Scriptural evidence” that directly contradicts your claim that God foreknows everything and yet you refuse to believe it and instead have chosen to ignore it. Do you see the problem with your reaction to “the Scriptural evidence for that?” Even in your latest post you again demonstrate the same tendency to disregard what the Bible very plainly says in favor of your own ideas that are in direct contradiction to very plain statements made by God.
You say: “don’t use the old "God is not the author of evil" verse on me”
I say: It seems that you are saying, “Don’t quote Scripture to me, I don’t want to hear it.” How can I prove to you what the Bible actually says about God when you refuse to “hear” and believe it? beads, unless something changes, I do not see any place to go from here and that truly saddens me.
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