Then criminals who suffer from severe mental illness chose to be criminals?
2006-06-08 07:44:36 · 16 answers · asked by carolinagrl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Guys, there are people who DO NOT know what they are doing and if God has a pre-determined outcome, how can there be free will??
2006-06-08 08:00:18 · update #1
Its a contradiction. You cant have free will if your path is already chosen.
2006-06-08 08:02:02 · update #2
thats why god is dead and forgotten, i will forever believe that there is no such thing as him the all mighty untill my "awakening"- when i have a near death experience and god extends his hand and unvails himself to be true and real and saves me from my peril and temptation- i will believe WE are the rulers of our life, not predetermined, not following a laid out plan. i believe there to be no heaven or hell and if there truely is then hell would be represented by the earth we live on and heaven being six feet under.....away from the pain..
2006-06-08 09:07:51 · answer #1 · answered by lastofodyinbreed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free will is that you are free to make choices, right? Any choice you want. But if you don't make a choice, then somebody chooses for you. People with severe mental illnesses perceive things differently than normal people. What they see as right, may not be morally correct. Because their perception is skewed, God knew that it was going to happen.
2006-06-08 07:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my belief that very few people who are convicted of committing serious crimes are truly mentally ill. More often, it is the strategy of an attorney to present their client as insane in order to keep them from frying in the chair or being injected with deadly juice. Almost as if to say..."you see, he's not feeling well...this man would never have done such a thing under normal circumstances". Just another one of many loopholes in the legal system that makes it impossible for people to be held responsible for what they do.
2006-06-08 07:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by henry315_ny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person is a criminal by choice. They made a choice somewhere along the road that lead them to become a criminal. Whether they thought they could get away with it or not that's beyond the point. The act of committing a crime makes you a criminal.
2006-06-08 07:52:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only the experience of free will, not the reality of it.
But all the same, it is something to deal with.
Everything you do or think is based on some rudimentary cause, that means it is not "free".
It feels free and thus makes this conversation worth talking about.
Can there be morals without free will?
I say yes of course.
2006-06-08 08:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no, its possible that criminals with severe mental illness did indeed choose to do what they did but because of their illness they didnt understand the choice they were making.
That's the best answer I can come up with. I hope it helps.
2006-06-08 07:48:23 · answer #6 · answered by Tulip 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is something wrong with them. Mutations and defects in our bloodlines, too much bible belt inbreeding back in the day. These people believe they are normal, just like religious people believe in a burning bush, and 600 year old people. NUTTY!
2006-06-08 07:50:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also one might ask why God creates people with severe mental illness that compels them to commit heinous crimes.
2006-06-08 07:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by ZCT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mental illness does not usually preclude free will or choice.
2006-06-08 07:50:45 · answer #9 · answered by robertspraguejr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Guy lets us have free will and then he sits back and has one helluva time watchin the world at each others throat...
"...see but do not touch, touch but do not taste, taste but do not swallow."
And we are putting the best show on earth for his entertainment.
2006-06-08 07:56:51 · answer #10 · answered by spitfire 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋