Carl
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I hope he hasn't, predestination is a dangerous path. It can make you overconfident, like the "once saved, always saved" crowd... or a deflated, self-loathing nihilist who believes they're doomed no matter what they do. He got pretty hung up on his beliefs about the Sacred Secret, which was unnecessary. It's one thing to voice an opinion, but when arrogance take over, then you're at risk of falling for the satanic trap of over-confidence in your own conjecture. This can lead to delusions of grandeur, and open the door for Satan to trick you into believing you're one of the Chosen. I'm not accusing anyone of this, but it's always a risk when you start believing in your own conjecture too much. That's why the Bible warns about getting puffed up. I was at risk of this myself, so I understand the pull it has.I remember seeing it & I have to wonder if he has fallen prey to the doctrine of Calvinism.
I had a nice discussion with my sons and their priest about the SS. They fall more in the camp of Cristo's thinking, while I'm more in line with Robert's. I was confused when the topic first came up due to the fact that Jehovah stated He knows the end from the beginning, but Nomex helped me understand that Jehovah can choose to know and not know certain things. This makes sense to me. If Jehovah knows everything, all the time, what fun would that be for Him? Why create something if He already knew He would destroy it? Obviously, He knew He would have to destroy the wicked if free will resulted in it, which was why He created the SS; but that doesn't mean He choose to know each and ever person's final destination on day 1 of creation. The SS was created as a failsafe in case humanity's use of free will devolved the world into the cesspool it is. It wasn't created because Jehovah knew it would. If it turns out I'm wrong, then so be it, but no human is going to convince me Jehovah gave a loaded firearm to a psychopath (Satan), knowing he would in turn ruin creation.
