Welcome! This is a place for all faiths (yes, atheism is a faith) to debate issues, deal with difficult questions and push one another to follow the truth. There will b... MoreWelcome! This is a place for all faiths (yes, atheism is a faith) to debate issues, deal with difficult questions and push one another to follow the truth. There will be no censoring based on theological disagreements. If you can't answer questions and need a way out of the conversation - fowl language may provide an exit.
Romans 9 is referencing the potter analogy used in Isaiah and Jeremiah. Jeremiah 18 is clear that the potter analogy doesn't mean people have no free will (i.e God forces people to do evil and no one... View MoreRomans 9 is referencing the potter analogy used in Isaiah and Jeremiah. Jeremiah 18 is clear that the potter analogy doesn't mean people have no free will (i.e God forces people to do evil and no one can question Him); rather it means God has the right to change His plans for Isreal because they rejected Him.
Jeremiah 18. 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. 9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.
