davenporter
Puritan Board Freshman
My question has to do with Adam's fall. If he was created morally (and otherwise) able to sin (posse peccare) and able to not sin (posse non peccare), with a full libertarian free will and the power of contrary choice (which is what Augustine seems to have taught), did God merely know that the fall was going to happen and predestine everything else accordingly or did God ordain the fall of man itself?
I tend toward the latter, but I ran into this issue in an argument with some open theist and Arminian friends of mine. (And kind of carefully skirted it in the meantime, but it will probably come up again.) And unfortunately the Arminian is gravitating toward open theism.
Also, what about Adam's free will? How did Adam incline himself toward sin if his will was morally neutral?
Since we cannot say that God is the author of sin, is this the place where we just throw up our hands and say that only God knows?
Any links to other material would be helpful as well. I looked at some older threads on here but they weren't very helpful. Neither was Google.
I tend toward the latter, but I ran into this issue in an argument with some open theist and Arminian friends of mine. (And kind of carefully skirted it in the meantime, but it will probably come up again.) And unfortunately the Arminian is gravitating toward open theism.
Also, what about Adam's free will? How did Adam incline himself toward sin if his will was morally neutral?
Since we cannot say that God is the author of sin, is this the place where we just throw up our hands and say that only God knows?
Any links to other material would be helpful as well. I looked at some older threads on here but they weren't very helpful. Neither was Google.