What do you think of this quote?

Question

God says do what you wish, but make the wrong choice and you will be tortured for eternity in hell. That, sir, is not free will. It would be akin to a man telling his girlfriend, 'Do what you wish, but if you choose to leave me, I will track you down and blow your brains out.' When a man says this we call him a psychopath and cry out for his imprisonment/execution. When agod says the same, we call him loving and build churches in his honor.

- William C. Easttom II

Answer 1

nice.

Answer 2

Who is "William C. Easttom II "?

And just where did he get the erroneous idea that God will punish disobedient people for eternity? This is NOT Biblical.

Suppose I give my 6-year old son and his 4-year old sister the following advice: "Play in the yard (fenced). Do not open the gate and go out into the road to play. If you stay in the yard, you will be safe; if you go out into the road, you will die because a speeding car will hit you. " If they still go out into the road and are killed, will you blame me? Sure!! So I keep the gate locked.

Fast Forward 10 years: he is now 16 and she is 14. The gate is not locked. Same advice. He goes out into the busy road to play and is hit by a car and killed. Can you blame me NOW? Which 16-year-old plays in the road these days, anyway?

Further, many people know that unprotected sex may result in AIDS. But the truckers in India and Africa will tell you that it does not matter: they must have some fun while away from home on these long trips. They are free to choose. If they choose to run the risk of contracting AIDS, and they did contract it, was the Minister of Health/Surgeon General responsible for that?

Answer 3

That is Good Question But Listen to The Answer Ok

Of course we had the Free choices

God Let's Free To Chose
that is why if you decided to drink you will
If You Decided to Smoke you will
If You Decided to Pray You Will......Now You See How Free are we?

second:
School Year
you study as much as you can
They do not Tell you what to do you Try to Figure on Your Own
and when it is time for Test
They don't Tell you what to write in the Answer Space
you Write what you Feel is Right
But It is Up To Them to Make sure If Your Answer is Correct or Incorrect
If Your Answer is Correct You Pass to The Next Level
If Your Answer is incorrect you Fail Right

so therefore The same with God
Life is Our school Years
Our chooses is what God will Tell us if it is Right Or It's Wrong,,,

and about The Girl Friend Case

If You Ask Your Girl Friend do what you like in One week do what you wish
and she did cheat, steel Your Money
will you just let it Go????

Peace bro i am Out

Answer 4

We are children of God, and as such we have to be under laws. Who is the father of sin (satan) and God said the penalty for sin is death. We have a choice of following God or Satan, there is not a middle ground, this is the free will.

I am a father of 2 girls, if I let them do what ever they want to do how am I training them in the way of God. When I try to lead them in Gods way, but on their own they decide to do the wrong way, should I do nothing or should I discipline them.

In the bible God gave his people chances to repent all through history, but they chose the way of the world.

Answer 5

What you speak of here is the classic disconnect between rules and regulations that were written thousands of years ago in an allegedly "holy book" and the reality of today's world. That is the major problem I see in all allegedly holy books. What might have been effective in curbing negative social behavior thousands of years ago no longer speaks to or is relevant/acceptable to our modern world.

Would you adhere to the crime and punishment paradigm of the Code of Hammerabi now? Of course not. A large number of the punishments and crimes outlined in that Code would be criminal in our justice system today. That being the case...

How can any thinking human being believe that the Book of Leviticus in the holy book known as the Bible is the "truth" or "God's Word" when it details how much you can expect to get in compensation for selling your eldest daughter into slavery?

"Book" religions, in and of themselves are an abomination in my humble opinion.

Answer 6

Yes, when a man says so, it's not acceptable, why? because he's just a man who is subject to be loved or not.
But for Allah (or God) it's totally different, Allah has given every one of us every thing they have in life, the physical body with its huge blessings, the pure soul with its gentle emotions, the humane and loving parents, success in life, .........everything everything, so when one refuses to worship Him and obey Him, then they deserve going to Hell with merit.

Answer 7

Look at all the people not giving an explanation for their god. I just see some insults, and people saying god throws you in hell, and that is it when confronted with something like this.

Answer 8

You got it all wrong. Free will is not about doing what you want and not getting punished. Its about being able to choose between what is right and what is wrong. Its not for God's sake that a man goes to heaven but for man's sake. It's for your girlfriend's sake to leave you, not for your sake.

Answer 9

He also said u could choose life or death and adviced us to choose life. God doesn't want to punish u but the devil is at work doing his evil deeds, so, u are either for God or the devil.

Answer 10

I understand your logic and it is very valid. In fact, I don't know if you know this, but the Satanic worshippers have their own bible and its number one commandment is "Do what thou wilt" translanted, "Just do whatever you want to do."

The Christian God does indeed tell us to do what we want to do as well, but He says it a little differently. He tells us to make our own choices, but He doesn't just stop there like the satan bible does. After He tells us to make our own decision He recommends that we choose the path that leads to life...His path. He also says that you can chose to do it your way, but if you chose to do it your way then you will find yourself on the road that leads to death, not that He will kill you or send you to Hell, but that chosing to do evil sends you there by default and He never recommends this option. The satan bible tells you to do whatever you want because Satan knows that if you do what you want, you will not follow God's path, and you would end up destroying yourself.

So if I may modify your boyfriend/girlfriend analogy it would go like this: The boyfriend tells his girlfriend that she can indeed do whatever she wants, but he wants her to stay with him because he will love her, protect her, and provide for her ever need. However, he tells her that she is not obligated to stay with him and she could leave at anytime. He tells her that if she chooses to leave and hook up with men that do not love her she will get hurt in the process and possibly die as a result. That loving boyfriend will never go up to her and kill her because she rejected him, but he also knows that if she does what she wants and hooks up with someone that is not good for her, that person might harm her or even kill her.

Oh, and if God wanted to torture a person in Hell and enjoyed doing that, He would not have even suggested that people follow him. And if He really wanted a person there to suffer He wouldn't waste time by keeping a person here on earth, he would send them there immediately. This is if thats what He wanted to do...I mean He does everything else He wants to do.

Answer 11

good quote. My only problem is you can not believe in God, and circumvent the whole thing, by claiming you had no idea.