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Originally Posted by Pergamum  All people have competing desires. I think it is possible to have 2 strong drives, desires or emotions at work within one person even at the very same time within 1 will.
Just go to a family reunion. One has a general affection and a simultanous revulsion for some in your own family. At least I do.... |
Very easy to be conflicted. But again Edwards's point was that ultimately any choice you make is based on the desire that won out in that instance - hence nobody ever does something that was not the "winner" in the competition of desires. Nobody is ever able to say "I really didn't want to do that", except in the sense that "I knew better, but did it anyway", a la Romans 7.
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