From a purely rational standpoint, if God's ways are above our ways, and his thoughts above our thoughts: why can't this ceaseless debate just stop and realize they both are right.
I believe either side of the divide would grant that if a drop of dew fell in a specific place on a blade of grass, it was in line with His will. Now, coming to humanity, why can't man want to choose what God chose for him to choose? Still man's will wanting to choose that particular thing, and God also determined it'd be that way. God is outside of time, so you could argue that both happened simultaneously: we know that God set beginning and end, perhaps what happens in the middle is free and determined with equal probabilities.
Obviously I'm not convincing anyone that by human rationale it makes sense, but how many humans have been outside time as God? It easily could be that both/and or neither might be right, but it won't contradict reason obviously.
All this to say: have a little sympathy for your Calvinist/Arminian brothers: God knows the answer though
I believe either side of the divide would grant that if a drop of dew fell in a specific place on a blade of grass, it was in line with His will. Now, coming to humanity, why can't man want to choose what God chose for him to choose? Still man's will wanting to choose that particular thing, and God also determined it'd be that way. God is outside of time, so you could argue that both happened simultaneously: we know that God set beginning and end, perhaps what happens in the middle is free and determined with equal probabilities.
Obviously I'm not convincing anyone that by human rationale it makes sense, but how many humans have been outside time as God? It easily could be that both/and or neither might be right, but it won't contradict reason obviously.
All this to say: have a little sympathy for your Calvinist/Arminian brothers: God knows the answer though