tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post4174945015389105799..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: A Quick Response to TJP's "Infant Damnation" SeriesTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-50494788633735833472007-11-15T18:13:00.000+00:002007-11-15T18:13:00.000+00:00Lucian,A comment was posted to this thread, using ...Lucian,<BR/><BR/>A comment was posted to this thread, using your screenname (but not logged in as your blogger identity) that include remarks like: "infatuated deformities" and "f[r]iend" (brackets in the comment as provided).<BR/><BR/>Apparently some imposter is trying to discredit you by posting comments in your name. I just thought you would like to be aware.<BR/><BR/>If whoever posted it Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-53169801299384945462007-11-15T00:19:00.000+00:002007-11-15T00:19:00.000+00:00LOL! That was great!LOL! That was great!GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-37164971988662529992007-11-14T22:36:00.000+00:002007-11-14T22:36:00.000+00:00Dear Gene,You may recall that according to Basil t...Dear Gene,<BR/><BR/>You may recall that according to Basil the Great, many doctrines are hidden in the liturgy of the church.<BR/><BR/>Apparently the doctrine of "original sin" was hidden too well.<BR/><BR/>One wonders why - if there is no original sin - Orthodox folks believe in "baptism for the remission of sins" and yet practice infant baptism.<BR/><BR/>Of course, I jest about it being hidden Turretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-72493061031598279012007-11-14T21:52:00.000+00:002007-11-14T21:52:00.000+00:00I'm a level-headed person, so this overtly romanti...<I>I'm a level-headed person, so this overtly romantical rhetoric of brain-over-heart (or viceversa) doesn't particularilly appeal to me.<BR/>And his argument is based on conscience, which is God's voice in each and any one of us; including unenlightened pagans. (St. Paul, Romans). If You toy around with conscience, you sink even below their ranks. -- just my $.02, for what it's worth ...</I><BR/GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-63798747462026331432007-11-14T20:45:00.000+00:002007-11-14T20:45:00.000+00:00The point, Lucian, about the argument being emotio...The point, Lucian, about the argument being emotional is that the argument makes a fallacious tug on the emotions in order to bypass reason.<BR/><BR/>-TurretinfanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-80639872836347140022007-11-14T19:00:00.000+00:002007-11-14T19:00:00.000+00:00the emotional argument of TJPI'm a level-headed pe...<I>the emotional argument of TJP</I><BR/><BR/>I'm a level-headed person, so this overtly romantical rhetoric of brain-over-heart (or viceversa) doesn't particularilly appeal to me. <BR/>And his argument is based on conscience, which is God's voice in each and any one of us; including unenlightened pagans. (St. Paul, Romans). If You toy around with conscience, you sink even below their ranks. -- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-56336689832700603462007-11-14T14:15:00.000+00:002007-11-14T14:15:00.000+00:00Natamllc,Thanks for your comments!-TurretinfanNatamllc,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments!<BR/><BR/>-TurretinfanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-9919542931091018542007-11-14T02:05:00.000+00:002007-11-14T02:05:00.000+00:00Infant damnation, hmmmm?Here is something that cam...Infant damnation, hmmmm?<BR/><BR/>Here is something that came to me some months back and after it I will state my belief on infants and damnation:<BR/><BR/>Grace, as defined is What God Gives us that we don’t deserve.<BR/>Mercy, as defined is What God does not give us that we do deserve.<BR/>Peace is the outcome of both Grace and Mercy from God in our daily lives.<BR/><BR/>What about Jesus, what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-9070482258049922182007-11-13T21:06:00.000+00:002007-11-13T21:06:00.000+00:00There are five views on this topic within the Refo...There are five views on this topic within the Reformed Tradition. B.B. Warfield named them. For a man who visits the library so very often, Mr. Pennock can't seem to represent the theology of those about whom he writes. Rather, he picks out who HE considers representative and then runs with it. It would seem to me that the way to pick representatives would be to start with a representative GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.com