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| Bob On Free Will
On this thread: Can the will be compelled and voluntary simultaneo
Bob posted this: Quote:
Can the Human Will be both compelled and voluntary simultaneously?
The answer is yes. The terms are not mutually exclusive and we complicate matters by lining them up against each other. The voluntary aspect is a function and a necessary result of the compulsion. It's primary and secondary means. I won't get into all the questions you brought up but I believe the first can be answered by way of an illustration.
Have you ever noticed as you're driving down the freeway, a fly buzzing around inside your car. I moves and weaves in seemingly random motions, it hits against the windows and changes directions. The fly is free to buzz around and is only constrained by the limits of your car. However, to someone outside your car the fly is flying at 65 mph, pretty fast for a fly, and it's overall direction is the same as the car. The car is compelling the fly in a definite direction as the fly follows it's simple choices.
| I thought that was an awesome analogy and I used it in sermon I preached this Sunday concerning predestination. People keep coming up to me and telling me how they loved the analogy about the fly! I slaved over a 45 minute sermon and all they remember is the part that Bob wrote!
Thanks, Bob!
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