And with OUR free will, that means we are capable of making wrong decisions and sin, so can God give US something he himself can't or doesn't possess, like free will? And if God DOES have free will, does that mean that HE is also capable of making wrong decisions?
2006-09-10 05:35:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
God is capable of much more than we could ever dream of doing... He is in all places at once, he can hear multiple prayers all over the world at the same time. Never underestimate what God can do, just trust Him to see you through.
Yes God has given us free will.
I see all you questions and I think what you don't understand is God is not like us, He probally doesn't even look like us... God does not have the same flesh body we do that limits and enables us. I think what you want to understand is why we have limits but why God does not.
2006-09-10 05:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by LZB217 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a problem for believers, how to reconcile God's Free Will with human free will. The only way both can be absolutely true is if God no longer exercises His free will in the Universe otherwise, it contradicts his omnipotence and omniscience. For Specific Providence to be true it means either God did not understand enough of His creation and therefore designed it incorrectly requiring that he exercise His will now to correct such errors or he lacked the power to construct it per His wishes and must now intervene to correct his mistakes. If God designed the Universe with full knowledge and power he would not need to intervene in the universe, no miracles, no being born and dying etc. So, for both to be true, God created the Universe exactly as he wished and now Man exercises his free will without need of God's appearance in the universe.
2006-09-10 07:18:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on which god are you referring to. The judaic, islamic, and christian sytem beliefs that He has free will, the universe and all its content is the product of His will, and His will is boundless therefore its a free will. but different from human's context the course of His action is beyond good and evil, His will is boundless since He is an infinite being. in short, He has free will but unlike us He doesn't face conditionalities.It is the conditionalities that frame human's manifestation of free will into good and evil, into sin or virtue.
but in other tradition like old greek or polytheistic system the gods/goddesses are like humans. they have free will in similar context, they can make mistake and do evil things.
2006-09-10 07:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by jingleh4m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There you go with the Wrong and Right again. Who is to say what is wrong or Right??? Man makes that decision .
2006-09-10 05:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by LoveMyLife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I manufacture a car, does that mean I too have wheels?
It is not necessay that when we creat something, they have to have our characteristics. God does not make mistkes because he has all the knowledge that exists.
2006-09-10 08:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by NOOR 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free will is the freedom to not do what you feel like doing. so if you don't have self-control you are actually in bondage. if you have control to not blow a stop-light then you maintain your own safety and well-being. control over oneself is true freedom. does God grant true freedom, or licentiousness?
2006-09-10 06:59:57 · answer #6 · answered by t c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is an illusion. It doesn't exist.
2006-09-10 09:23:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not god that gives free will. it is our divine right inherent to our species.
2006-09-10 05:40:48 · answer #8 · answered by prancingmonkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is how you judge to be. So be humble
2006-09-10 05:43:23 · answer #9 · answered by frenchfriedfrogslegs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with leslieann and just have to say bless Betty
2006-09-10 05:59:41 · answer #10 · answered by dalmation60 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋