Total Depravity and Original Sin

777believer777

9/21/2008 7:55 PM UTC

I don't mean to take up all the space here, but I have something else. What about the angels? Do they have free will? They are not created in flesh. Look what happened to the angels that chose to sin. They fell! Now they are often called demons. They are scheduled for eternal punishment! What about the rest of the angels? They have not sinned. If they did, they would be demons too.

777believer777

9/21/2008 7:38 PM UTC

Sorry I didn't realize the comments were limited to a certain number of characters. I actually wrote a whole lot more, but that's O.K. I will at least finish the last sentence. .....physically change your thinking, and manually force you to be angry against your will. That would be absurd! So why are we so quick to accuse God of committing this crime?

777believer777

9/21/2008 7:34 PM UTC

I believe that the hardening of the heart, is always the choice of the individual. Remember we read scripture as an interpretation of the original Hebrew, or Greek understanding. Even so, look at it like this. When someone does something that offends you, and you are angry as a result. Normally speaking and thinking, you will say "That guy made me angry". That obviously doesn't mean that, that person forced you to be angry against your will. He did not reach inside your head and physic