@fredsbend The question was bad, but not in a way that obviously leads to a close vote, so I hadn't been paying attention to it.
"Free will is present in Calvinism" I don't think this is true. We have real wills, not free wills. Our wills are constrained by sin and the will of God, but they remain wills, not instinctual programming.
A lot of reformed people like to say that "freedom" is to act according to our natures, but I think that's a really unhelpful redefinition of the word.
what manuscripts (if any) have jesus instead of balaam?
I'm aware that some claim that balaam is a codeword for jesus. I know Rabbi Gil Student makes a good argument that it cannot be
I have read that the 19th century reform scholar abraham geiger thought that balaam was code for jesus.
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Haven't seen this in awhile... 9 questions with 4 close votes, and a several more with 3. Not as many people hanging out in the close vote queue, apparently.
@fredsbend I wondered if that might be the case, since you haven't been defending your records lately. I can definitely understand that approach; I know a few others do it that way as well and it at least ensures that the egregious new stuff doesn't last long.
what manuscripts (if any) have jesus instead of balaam?
I'm aware that some claim that balaam is a codeword for jesus. I know Rabbi Gil Student makes a good argument that it cannot be
I have read that the 19th century reform scholar abraham geiger thought that balaam was code for jesus.
Th...
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