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Originally Posted by soontobepro
What does this have to do with anything were talking about? If they're not incorrigible they're not incorrigible, even if they have a subconscious.
Well what could make someone incorrigible.
I said above people make the statement "It wouldn't have done any good."
Like they know something inside themselves is in opposition to doing the right thing. Since we have a subconscious where a lot of our issues reside its not farfetched to say that they could have an inner motive not fully revealed to them that prompts them to reject God's salvation offer. Some people couple this with being strong willed and/or with education.
Christians learn to submit out of meekness and humility. Not to become slaves but to put their wills in conformity with God's. God is the potter and he conforms our wills with his little by little through our co-operation with him. Because some Christians are so carnal and weak in studying the bible that they are unaware of this doesn't mean the phenomena doesn't occur.
People have in their arrogance chosen to appropriate arm chair psychology to tell Christians they are delusional when this phenomena I am referring to is all over Christian literature and traditions. People report the experience of conforming to God's will all the time. Indeed that is one of the main purposes of the Lord's Prayer to conform the world to God's will. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Just because the current generation is glued to television and video games instead of their bibles doesn't mean the phenonema doesn't still occur. Its just the untowardness of the generation confusing everyone. How do you build Christian character if no one pays attention to Christ where they come in contact with him most: the bible. I expect God will touch us again soon to start a revival unless of course we are the last generation then we will probably go to the dogs until Christ himself intervenes.
All philosophy does is lead you down a lot of rabbit holes where you focus on semantics and everything but yourself and conforming to God's will.
Of course you can contrast this with Nietzsche who seems to have a "will to power" philosophy. It is scary this will to self power he is encouraging because people have crazy-carnal minds. Look at Hitler and imagine all the crazy people like that reading Nietzsche and deciding to empower themselves. Trying to dictate to people
is the will to power (a manifestation of the carnal mind that hasn't conformed with Christ's mind) gone insane.
Last edited by Splendour; 07-30-2010 at 09:39 AM.