![]() ![]() I am not seeing the connection between these two concepts. It is the teaching that, as a consequence of the Fall of Man, every person born into the world is enslaved to the service of sin as a result of their fallen nature and, apart from the efficacious or prevenient grace of God, is utterly unable to choose to follow God, refrain from evil, or accept the gift of salvation as it is offered. Total depravity (also called radical corruption or pervasive depravity) is a Christian theological doctrine derived from the concept of original sin. Here is Wikipedia's account of "total depravity": This makes me think there is more going on here than I might realize. ![]() If it were "could", I would have no problem with this definition. The word "would" in part 4 bothers me unless it refers to a past wrong choice. If S' were actual, P would go wrong with respect to A.S' is included in W and includes neither P's performing A nor P's.S' includes P's being free with respect to A.S' includes A's being morally significant for P.W and P does only what is right in W, there is an action A and a maximal He defines "transworld depravity" as follows:Ī person P suffers from transworJd depravity if and only if theįollowing holds: for every world W such that P is significantly free in (I leave as homework the problem of comparing transworld depravity with what Calvinists call "total depravity.") ![]() In God, Freedom and Evil Alvin Plantinga offers a challenge: (page 48) ![]()
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