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“May there not be some subconscious jealousy that motivates our reactions to other people? Why do we eat chocolate sundaes when we know that we should reduce? Are we free from the influence of parental training? The Scriptures say, "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Parental training and all education proceed on the assumption that the will is not free, but can be trained, motivated, and directed. Finally, beyond both physiology and psychology there is God. Can we be sure that he is not directing our choices? Do we know that we are free from his grace? The Psalm says, "Blessed is the man whom you choose and cause to approach you." Is it certain that God has not caused us to choose to approach him? Can we set a limit to God's power? Can we tell how far it extends and just where it ends? Are we outside his control?”

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Book:Religion, Reason, and Revelation
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“Mais explicitamente: sabedoria não é o conhecimento de algum deus pagão nem tampouco, digamos, do princípio primeiro de Espinosa. Ter sabedoria é ter Cristo. Cristo é a verdade; Cristo é a sabedoria de Deus. Uma razão para fazer da verdade o objetivo dos nossos esforços é que, se amamos o que pode ser perdido, não podemos ser felizes. Mas Deus, Cristo e a verdade são imutáveis, e se temos isso, nossa bem-aventurança é permanente.”

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Book:Essays on Ethics and Politics
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