tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5175898334117204883..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Many And The FewAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-13197081781449165102009-05-26T20:05:56.490-04:002009-05-26T20:05:56.490-04:00It is noteworthy that while the Scripture and the ...It is noteworthy that while the Scripture and the Apostles speak hopefully of <I>all might be saved</I>, they also appear to recognize that some will not be saved. <br /><br />Not only that, but some could change from the path of the unsaved to the path of the saved due to the work of the Apostles teaching the Good News.<br /><br />Who are the many and who are the few?<br /><br />It cannot be known with certainty.<br /><br />The level of rancor to be found among those who insist that they know who the many and few are is disturbing. <br /><br />I almost dived into that thread; but I realized that you, AVI, and your son were handling things quite well. <br /><br />As an aside...<br /><br />I've been in such a discussion before, in the non-virtual world, with a young lady.<br /><br />There was an overarching issue of attraction (based on commonalities) and a desire to better understand what we both believed and why we believed in that way.<br /><br />Among other things, I discovered that she had an emotionally-charged response to the doctrine of Hell. And her response was that it was hateful for me to hold that doctrine. She said this without any thought about whether the doctrine was true or not. She only argued that it was a hateful doctrine.<br /><br />For many reasons (this among them), we parted ways. <br /><br />I don't want to say that I learned how to argue with such people; I will say that I think I have learned how hard it is to argue someone out of an opinion that they were never argued into in the first place.karrdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205160745963596856noreply@blogger.com