Maya’s review of The Problem of Pain > Likes and Comments
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I love this review, haha. This book is interesting for sure. There are a couple of chapters I absolutely love... and a lot of chapters I disagreed with
I’m curious what you mean by “free will” exactly, though this may not be a sufficient forum for that discussion. I concur on the “evangelicals ought to consider the rest of Lewis’s ideas” and “Lewis comes across very EO” points.
Lewis thinks that part of God's goodness hinges upon him giving us a choice to choose him or not. I can't get away from my Lutheran reading of the NT and seeing the initial choice as God's, although I acknowledge this doesn't make 'logical' sense. And it doesn't make me think God is evil to suppose that I cannot of my own fallen will choose him.
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I love this review, haha. This book is interesting for sure. There are a couple of chapters I absolutely love... and a lot of chapters I disagreed with
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I’m curious what you mean by “free will” exactly, though this may not be a sufficient forum for that discussion. I concur on the “evangelicals ought to consider the rest of Lewis’s ideas” and “Lewis comes across very EO” points.
Lewis thinks that part of God's goodness hinges upon him giving us a choice to choose him or not. I can't get away from my Lutheran reading of the NT and seeing the initial choice as God's, although I acknowledge this doesn't make 'logical' sense. And it doesn't make me think God is evil to suppose that I cannot of my own fallen will choose him.
