PhD: Twitter quote 79
Edited from PhD thesis
Twitter version I
David Ray Griffin vigorously challenges Calvinistic notions of sovereignty in regard to theodicy. Griffin (1976: 116-130).
Twitter version II
Griffin claims that God cannot be shown to be perfectly moral for three reasons. (130). One, God cannot be understood to be morally perfect because God is an alleged deity and his morality cannot be demonstrated. Griffin (130).
Twitter version III
Griffin claims that God cannot be shown to be perfectly moral for three reasons. (130). Two, since with a Calvininstic view God wills all things, including evil acts, God must be immoral. Griffin (130).
Twitter version IV
Griffin claims that God cannot be shown to be perfectly moral for three reasons. (130). Three, since Calvinists believe that God bases all things on eternal decisions, God is not truly free and is therefore amoral. Griffin (130).
Twitter version V
The Calvinist could reply to Griffin with Calvin himself in The Bondage and Liberation of the Will, that God is moral and as evil human actions occur God is willing a good thing and the sinner another. Calvin (1543)(1996: 37).
GRIFFIN, DAVID RAY (1976) God, Power, and Evil, Philadelphia, The Westminster Press.
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