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"A person will always make choices according to their nature." This falls into the category of nonsense about not having free will, it's just stated a different way.
It's a great way to justify using force rather than persuasion, because if reason - the ability to think and make decisions - is subservient to this unconscious nature - then trying to persuade a group of people against their will (read: nature) is hopeless and illogical.
Perhaps that's why instead of inviting people to church, Calvin made it a law in Geneva to attend church.
But how was this driving force that makes all our decisions found in the first place? Did someone choose to read it in the Bible? Weren't they driven there by their "nature"? Wasn't their interpretation simply an unfolding of their "nature"? And if so, what makes their interpretation - their nature - any better than mine?
Because I don't see any evidence for this in Scripture. But you would say that's my nature - it's blinding me to the truths - of your nature.
So what makes your nature any better than mine, seriously? If you try to explain it to me, aren't you just saying what your nature chose you to say? And I'll say what my nature says I'm supposed to say. Nothing will get done!
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Tom
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Tom
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