• When Confronted With Two Courses Of Action, I Jot ...

  Contributed by Dru Ashwell on Dec 16, 2001 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  God's Omniscience, Knowing God's Will

  Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When confronted with two courses of action, I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one - then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and canceling them out, I take the course indicated by what remains.

Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

Statesman, writer, and scientist