Comments on: TIA Tuesday: Wrapping up Hitchens http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2008/08/05/tia-tuesday-wrapping-up-hitchens/ The theology of Reality Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Arthur http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2008/08/05/tia-tuesday-wrapping-up-hitchens/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Arthur Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:25:31 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=416#comment-1252 Actually, I'm reading Stephen Prothero's (badly needed) Religious Literacy right now, and he seems to think that predestination was a key element of the Protestant worldview until the Second Great Awakening (in, let me see, the first third of the 19th Century). Now there are a lot of things I don't know but, in this particular, how does one square predestination with a statement like "free will is at the heart of the Christian faith"? Am I missing something? The 19th Century seems awfully late in the game. Actually, I’m reading Stephen Prothero’s (badly needed) Religious Literacy right now, and he seems to think that predestination was a key element of the Protestant worldview until the Second Great Awakening (in, let me see, the first third of the 19th Century).

Now there are a lot of things I don’t know but, in this particular, how does one square predestination with a statement like “free will is at the heart of the Christian faith”? Am I missing something? The 19th Century seems awfully late in the game.

]]> By: Galloway http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/2008/08/05/tia-tuesday-wrapping-up-hitchens/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Galloway Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:59:54 +0000 http://blog.evangelicalrealism.com/?p=416#comment-1246 VD: " Free will is at the heart of the Christian faith. To follow or not to follow is a choice. . . " I still don't understand this sentiment. Worship me or burn in hell forever - where's the free choice? VD: ” Free will is at the heart of the Christian faith. To follow or not to follow is a choice. . . ”

I still don’t understand this sentiment. Worship me or burn in hell forever – where’s the free choice?

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