Predestination V Kharma

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Sun Sep 27 09:26:29 UTC 2020


Mark wrote:
Eric Fromm in *Escape From Freedom* says that the feeling of
'predestination" ala Luther and Calvin although present in
Acquinas' Catholicism because of the understanding of God's omniscience is
very different, producing avery different
character structure overall.

He quotes Acquinaqs cutely: Aquinas saying doing extra good things
sort speeds up predestination of oneself. (my paraphrase).

Me:
This argument of free will V predestination is classic.  Inserting the
concept of good deeds improving predestination is the quandary.  Quasi
Predstination?  Sounds like Kharma to me.

David Morris


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