#351 Calvinist Objections to Free Will - Trent Horn

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

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A prominent strain of Christianity denies free will as it strives to defend the omnipotence of God. But does such a strategy turn God into a monster?

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0:00.0	Does God decide everything?
0:01.6	Or do I get to decide some stuff?
0:03.4	Train Horn is next.
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0:17.0	And most Christians, throughout most of the history
0:19.4	of Christianity, have believed that we have a choice.
0:22.5	Certainly God saves us by His own gracious power,
0:25.6	but we get to choose whether or not to cooperate.
0:27.5	We get to choose whether or not to follow the commandments.
0:30.2	We get to choose between Him and other goods.
0:33.2	And we don't always make the right choice,
0:35.0	and He does forgive us and all that,
0:36.4	but we get to choose choosing as part of the Christian life.
0:39.3	But not all Christians accept that.
0:42.0	Some say, if God is all-powerful and all-knowing,
0:45.8	He knows everything past, present, and future,
0:48.4	and He has the power to change anything
0:50.8	that doesn't leave any room for our freedom.
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