Status Updates From Excusing Sinners and Blamin...

Meticulously well done. I hate it already lol

the principle of alternate possibilities... It is the claim that if a person does not have the 'ability to do otherwise,' then he cannot be morally responsible.

'Immoral choices, then, entail a dysfunction of those faculties: literally, a mental “disorder.” To act immorally, rebelling against the perfect creator God is irrational; it is “insane” in that sense, and the more wicked the sin, the more “insane” we are inclined to describe the person.'

"It is no more arbitrary that God can providentially determine human choices while for me to do so would be manipulation, than it is that God can take life as he pleases while for me to do so would be murder."

"On theistic compatibilism, in usual cases of human free choices, God does not determine the actions of humans against their wills, but through their wills. God usually employs neither threats nor physical force, but rather, he providentially influences human hearts to willingly accomplish his purposes in all things."
--Guillaume Bignon, Excusing Sinners and Blaming God. Ebook.

"God providentially determines everything that comes to pass including human choices." - Intro

A minimal dose of definitions and methodological concerns

Taught a class recently where I touched on different views of divine foreknowledge. Consulted this book a little for that prep, and it interested me enough that I decided to go back and give it a proper read through. But it’s dense, so I’m expecting it’ll take a few months.

Read intro and jumped to section on evil. So far really well written and helpful.