Monday, June 8, 2009

Free Will - God's Style? Not Even Close Part 3

NonStampCollector, has put together three YouTube videos that attempt to show inconsistency in the Christianity based on what we teach concerning human free will and salvation. The author is an atheist and he is criticizing Arminianism, but I don't think he knows what he's arguing against. Look at the third video below to see what he is saying





I think that this is the worst part of the series. It makes no sense. The issue is that this does not represent the God I serve. The plan of redemption that God has put into practice was not an afterthought. The Bible says in Roman 5:5-7 that:

And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.


The thing is that God at no point say that he has given us complete autonomy. The author even sounded like Christopher Hitchens in that he insinuates that sending Jesus to first century Palestine was a stupid idea. However, it was actually the perfect time. Let me explore that a moment. The first century is not the "Bronze Age" as Hitchens and this video author says. Also consider for the first time in history the same language was being spoken and written in from Spain to India: Greek. And the Roman Empire was held together by a complete system of roads. This way the message could easily spread all over the empire very well!

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