It is a narrow view which holds that acceptance of the doctrine of grace necessarily leads to rejection of the doctrine of free will. Christians like Luther and Augustine have held it, but not Christ himself. It dooms the sinner to his sin, predestines frail humanity to error and wrong-doing. The belief which wrongly denies human free will because it rightly affirms divine absoluteness, denies human responsibility for wrong-doing and affronts human dignity. Its moral results in feeling and conduct can only be deplorable when anyone feels that he cannot act freely or choose independently, when he believes that he is a mere puppet led about by forces outside his control, when he all-too-easily puts the blame for his own sinfulness where it does not belong or, admitting it, passes it on to God. He thinks he can do whatever he pleases and not be personally responsible for its harmful consequences upon others.
-- Notebooks Category 9: From Birth to Rebirth > Chapter 4 : Free Will, Responsibility, and The World-Idea > # 78
