And where does Darwin fit in to the plan?
2006-09-01 04:08:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Puts me in mind of the old joke:
Q: How do you make God laugh?
A: Make a plan.
Or does that confuse things further?
2006-09-02 12:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by bunjibear777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem you bring up is an old one. It is the predestination dilemma.
John Calvin, founder of Calvinist theology, agreed with you and taught that people at birth are predestined to go to heaven or to hell. In his view, free will makes no difference.
I don't understand why you bring up Darwin. Do you see some kind of connection?
2006-09-01 11:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God DOES allow us to have free will. We learn from our mistakes and mistakes are obviously made by our own will, because God doesn't make mistakes. If there weren't any free will, God would simply MAKE us into what would be best, but we have the power to choose for ourselves who we are and what we believe in. After all, we have the free will to believe in Him.
This question was something that I struggled with for awhile.
2006-09-01 11:16:57 · answer #3 · answered by kaffinat3d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
God was an infallible plan that uses fallible people for a greater good.. part of the way God glorifies himself is showing mercy toward failings and redeeming the people
Darwin... well... he was in denial... bad interpretaiton of the data
2006-09-01 11:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no free-will. This is just man's way of manipulating and dominating each other.
If you convince your neighbor he has free-will than you can make him do anything you want, because you know him better than he knows himself. It is like a remote control device.
We have the experience of free-will. But we can only make choices based on our value system. We always trade a greater value for a lessor one.
2006-09-01 11:13:02 · answer #5 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows? This God character changed his mind several times in the bible. And at least once because some primitive argued him down. It doesn't say a lot about this god's much advertised infallibilty.
2006-09-01 11:34:03 · answer #6 · answered by sheeple_rancher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's plan will win out and it doesn't negate free will!
God has set up groups, or classes.
He deals with each class, or group, the way he decides.
YOU decide which group you care to be in ....that's your free will.
2006-09-01 12:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! You can chose to be part of the plan or not, but that doesn't effect whether the plan is infallible or not.
2006-09-01 11:12:24 · answer #8 · answered by Fire_God_69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, why do you think that anything you could choose to do would could mess up the Lord's plan?
2006-09-01 11:11:52 · answer #9 · answered by Swordsman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
Darwin does not fit!
2006-09-01 12:37:21 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋