Report, if you have a problem with this page“ His argument runs like this: there is no goodness without free will. Without the ability to freely choose-or reject-the good, an individual possesses no control over his own soul, and without that control, there is not possibility of attaining grace. In the language of Christianity, a beliver cannot be saved unless the choice to follow Christ is freely made, unless the option not to follow him genuinely exists. Compelled belief is no belief at all. ”
Thomas C. Foster
From : How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
