"You have free choice, but I'll fry you if you chose something I don't like" limits my ability to chose, I think. As you know, this isn't what (most) Christians think. It's more like "You deserve this punishment, but if you make this choice you don't have to face the punishment you rightly deserve". A big difference being that in your version it sounds like God is responsible and almost 'fries' people on a whimsy, whereas in the other we rightly deserve judgement but because of God's great love for us he provides an escape (to his own cost). Of course not all Christians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran#Central_doctrines) believe in decision theology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theology).
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Date: 2008-05-26 07:48 pm (UTC)As you know, this isn't what (most) Christians think. It's more like "You deserve this punishment, but if you make this choice you don't have to face the punishment you rightly deserve". A big difference being that in your version it sounds like God is responsible and almost 'fries' people on a whimsy, whereas in the other we rightly deserve judgement but because of God's great love for us he provides an escape (to his own cost). Of course not all Christians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran#Central_doctrines) believe in decision theology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_theology).