Friday, August 06, 2010

human autonomy

In Chosen by God, R.C. Sproul writes:

If God is sovereign, man cannot possibly be autonomous. If man is autonomous, God cannot possibly be sovereign. These would be contradictions.

It is not freedom that is cancelled out by sovereignty; it is autonomy that cannot coexist with sovereignty.

One does not have to be autonomous to be free. Autonomy implies absolute freedom. There are limits to our freedom.

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