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Not at all. The devil is not even remotely hinted at in the verse you cited from Psalm 107. What makes you think the devil has a hand?

That is irrelevant to the topic at hand - the freedom of the human will. The Catholic Church, in recognizing a need for God's grace, directly implies a degree of inability on man's part. That inability is the direct consequences of Adam's sin, which brought a loss of the freedom of the human...

In the verse you cited from Psalm 107 the context is deliverance in human battle from one's human enemy. The enemy has a hand. This is not metaphorical or allegorical in its context. You, as well as innumerable others, choose to read meanings into this verse, taking it from its context, in...

However, through Adam man lost the utter freedom of will that Adam experienced in Eden. Thus, human will has been deeply affected by Adam's sin and is not "free". The Catholic Church is quite clear on this point.

Thanks. Redeemed means to be delivered from your (human) enemy. In that sense, it is obvious from history that not all (by a very long shot) of Christians have been delivered by God from various human enemies.

Secondarily, how is "redeemed" defined?

Of course, there is no such entity as "free will" for Christians of any persuasion. RCC teaching makes it quite clear as per the Catechism of the Catholic Church - 404 How did the sin of Adam become the sin of all his descendants? The whole human race is in Adam "as one body of one man".By...

The sad thing about synergism is that man is responsible to save himself. God cannot or will not do it. Man must do it. You can infuse a hazy notion of God's grace into it, but in the end, if man does not keep (perfectly) his end of the deal he gets tossed into the lake of fire which burns...

How do you grow mould on an English muffin?

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History has a curious way of twisting and turning. On one hand, Muslims are busily reproducing at a much faster rate than Christians and it only stands to reason that they will overtake all religions. On the other hand, many Muslims are getting quite fed up with their religion, as in Iran...

There are many dead ends to Universalism and you have outlined one. Another is to just chuck it in and commit suicide rather than enduring all of the troubles and trials of this life. As to the OP, it is simply erroneous to imagine that the vast majority of mankind who are utterly clueless...

Do English muffins go stale or just age gracefully like good cheese?

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Perhaps we ought to ask why were they no good?