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Old 05-17-2008, 05:37 PM
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But what is good apart from Christ? Just because to the human eye something looks good does not make it so.


This is why I don't believe unsaved people can perform good or selfless acts. I understand the common grace argument, but it seems to me that common grace restrains people from complete evil rather than causing them to do good (ie, good in Christ).
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