Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site sysvis Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!sysvis!george From: george@sysvis Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: The true God lives in the real Message-ID: <-145727674@sysvis> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 12:50:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sysvis.-145727674 Posted: Tue Sep 17 12:50:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 06:25:14 EDT References: <667@utastro.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:utastro.UUCP:-66700:sysvis:-145727674:000:1241 Nf-From: sysvis!george Sep 17 11:50:00 1985 > Incorrect. The Bible teaches that the heart (i.e. will) of man is evil and > wicked. Pharaoh, on his own, could have acted no other way. The > unregenerate man (Pharaoh) can only act according to his nature, which > Pharaoh did in this case. What happened to Pharaoh happens to every > person who rejects God and His offer of salvation. If the "Bible" teaches that man is basically evil, where is it? I have seen no evidence of this. It is considered `harmful' for a man to be to be `willful' (read self-glorification) or `wanton' (read `will-less'), but this as an interpretation of all men being basically evil is a totally dif- ferent story. The idea of `evil man' is only a `dogmatic whip' and was created by those who wished to subjugate others for their own purposes. Actually, if one were to try to explain the entire set of actions of men as a whole, the ONLY consistent tautology is developed from the basis that man is basically good. After all, was not (spiritual) man made in the "image of God"? (Genesis) After being made in this image, he fails through his own (acts of) `willfulness' not his (innate) `will'. There is a major and very important difference here. For your own benefit, check it out carefully. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com