PhD: Twitter quote 114
Twitter version I
Carson listed & discussed some Biblical examples of compatibilism: Genesis 50:19-20 describes the reactions of the formerly enslaved Joseph to his brothers who had sold him into slavery.
Twitter version II
Carson stated: Joseph allays his brother's fears, & insists he does not want to put himself in the place of God.
2003 The Problem of Evil: Anglican and Baptist Perspectives: MPhil thesis, Bangor University.
2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
From MPhil thesis, which was part I of my British, PhD program...
In Genesis 50:19-20 it describes the reactions of the formerly enslaved Joseph to his brothers who had sold him into slavery. Carson stated:
Joseph allays their fears, and insists he does not want to put himself in the place of God.
Then he looks back at the brutal incident when he was so badly treated, and comments, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”
The parallelism is remarkable. Joseph does not say that his brothers maliciously sold him into slavery, and that God turned it around, after the fact, to make the story have a happy ending. How could that have been the case, if God’s intent was to bring forth the good of saving many lives? Nor does Joseph suggest that God planned to bring him down to Egypt with first-class treatment all the way, but unfortunately the brothers mucked up His plan somewhat, resulting in the slight hiatus of Joseph spending a decade and a half as a slave or in prison. The story does not read that way.
The brothers took certain evil initiatives, and there is no prior mention of Joseph’s travel arrangements.
As Joseph explains, God was working sovereignly in the event
of his being sold into Egypt, but the brothers’ guilt is not thereby assuaged (they intended to harm Joseph); the brothers were responsible for this action, but God was not thereby reduced to a merely contingent role; and while the brothers were evil, God himself had only good intentions. Carson (1990: 205-206).
2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
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With special medical report
1. I received my third pandemic injection today, Moderna for the third time. I suppose this is somewhat controversial in conservative and Christian circles. May my good friend, Charles Nelson Chuckles not have his stylish red dome explode as a result of COVID-19.
2. In regards to my sleep apnea, low carb (carbohydrates), low sugar, permanent diet plan, I am down to my lowest weight since I left England in 2001. I think I can still slim down more, but I am built like a tank. With all my working out with martial arts and martial arts weapons, weights and walking, God-willing, I shall continue to be youthful, like Chuck Norris, until the day I die and am in the presence of the Lord.
3. I had a new haircut today. There is no balding like with The Rage, Charles Nelson Chuckles, Sir Robin, Saint Zombie, and so on and so on and so on. All with way kool domes.
See photos as proof. That 'missing piece' of hair, that centre 'chip' in front is something I have always had with a full set of hair. But if my hair is cut too short on the top, I may look a bit 'fake domeish'. Please see my portrait from when I was seven years old and the Zoom photo from today.
