1. I think that God cannot do otherwise than He does/did - so He does not have free will in the "libertarian" sense. What He does, however, is in accordance with His will/desires, so he does have free will in the "compatibilist" sense.
2. While Luther is not all-knowing, IMO he does know the utter futility of his undertaking. I think it's just a question of "let's see how many I can take down with me" for him.
Originally posted by orfeo Now now, you KNOW that we Christians aren't allowed to use logic in here. It breaches all the stereotypes we're required to conform to. Besides, some Christians are illogical, therefore all logical people are non-Christians.
Originally posted by whodey When man fell he did not fully envision the road it would take him. This is because man is finite and must rely on the all seeing and all knowing God to direct his paths.
I always imagined that man 'fell' because he was greedy and stupid, but eh..