63. There's No Free Will Because the Bible Says So - Sách nói Miễn phí

David Joseph was very funny while introducing this episode. In this episode Felicia reads some verses from the bible that completely nullify human free will. We had a great talk about the history of the debate about free will and how free will became a part of Christianity even though it's not biblical.

Romans 9:14-24

What are we to say? Is there injustice on the part of God? Of course not! For he says to Moses: "I will show mercy to whom I will, I will take pity on whom I will." So it depends not upon a person's will or exertion, but upon God, who shows mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh, "This is why I have raised you up, to show my power through you that my name may be proclaimed through-out the earth." Consequently, he has mercy upon whom he wills, and he hardens whom he wills.

You will say to me then, "Why [then] does he still find fault? For who can oppose his will?" But who indeed are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is made say to its maker, "Why have you created me so?" Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for a noble purpose and another for an ignoble one? What if God, wishing to show his wrath and make known his power, has endured with much patience the vessels of wrath made for destruction? This was to make known the riches of his glory to the vessels of mercy, which he has prepared previously for glory, namely, us whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles." -http://www.usccb.org/bible/romans/9

Romans 7:15-19

What I do, I do not understand. For I do not do what I want, but I do what I hate. Now if I do what I do not want, I concur that the law is good. So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but doing the good is not. For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want.

- http://www.usccb.org/bible/romans/7

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