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Recent content by iToldMeSo

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    Sin as Privation?

    This is a good point. However, my guess is that those who wanted to defend sin as privation would take the position that the pleasure derives from that which is good in what we call the sinful act. For instance, adulterous sex feels good not because it is adulterous but because it is sex and sex...
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    Sin as Privation?

    The view of sin as privation is popular among Christian philosophers, but less so among Christian theologians and exegetes, since the Bible seems to depict sin in positive terms. For example, in Romans 6:17-18 (and many other places) sin is depicted as a power which enslaves or binds people...
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    Question about atonement

    Jesus accomplished salvation in his death, burial, and resurrection. But salvation is not applied until the individual repents and believes. Salvation is never applied to those who do not believe. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever *believes* in him...