11/20/08

Thoughts

Knochian theology says that unbelievers, after undergoing judging (correction) at the Great White Throne, will then be thrown into the Lake of Fire, where they will experience a second death that terminates in immortality. So whether one is conscious or unconscious in the Lake of Fire, the experience is the same at the end.

Knochian theology tends to make concrete things (e.g. evil) abstract, and abstractions (e.g. predestination) concrete.

The greatest surprise of God is the unique character and personality of the individual human being. In a pre-determined world, God has no surprises.

Precisely because God is in total control, He does not have to monitor the tedious and the mundane. The tedious and mundane tend to take care of themselves.

Determinism is at odds with the ethical process, which involves choosing or not choosing to be moral.

Determinism or Fatalism, by definition, is a limited way of thinking.