but no one has ever escaped the Earth's gravitational pull, the moon is stuck in orbit by Earth's gravity. I was trying to use the wildest, most expensive example so then we could work back to show that only trivial things can be examples of actual free will.
You, my Christian friend, do not have the free will to suddenly stop not disbelieving, although in theory you do.
You DO have, and here's the triviality, the free will to decide if you'll have those bacon and eggs or that Corn Flakes for breakfast. You can believe anything that you want too, even that the blue sky is a reflection of the blue sea, as if the sea 'glowed' blue and the sky was a mirror, but only in the daytime. Kind of a part time 'fuzzy' mirror that reflect the sea but not the land beneath it. BUT, we can see that water reflects, look in a puddle..
But trivial examples like this prove nothing, and really don't mean anything at all. Honestly now the theory of free will has less to stand on than Evolution. RIGHT???
2006-10-17 06:32:55 · 6 answers · asked by eantaelor 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think you're right in the sense that I want gravity and don't know what I would do without it. In the same vein, I want a relationship with God and I don't know what I would do without Him. While I can make everyday decisions, gravity, just like the overpowering love of the Holy Spirit, is not going to let me go. And I praise God for those "laws"!
2006-10-17 10:05:44 · answer #1 · answered by ccrider 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok, get real. What does this have to do with free will, as defined by the bible? "do not have the free will to suddenly stop not disbelieving" is this a triple negative or just a double. I think bacon and corn flakes are trivial, in relevance to the question of free will. Free will was given to all to make moral, immoral, relevant, non-relevant, decisions on beliefs and possible physical actions/reactions. Non intelligent creation is a 1 in 1 followed by 40,000 zeros chance. Odds given by your scientists, not mine. I think evolution is like a 1 ton marble block, balanced on a house of cards (theories)
2006-10-17 13:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by TCFKAYM 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The universe is an incredibly random place, yet it follows certain laws.
At the personal level, there really is free will. You elect to do something, or not do it. On macroscopic level, things level out and one becomes subject to the forces of history, much of which are random.
2006-10-17 13:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will cannot break the laws of gravity. Free will gives me the choice to believe or not. Free will and evolution are not the same thing, even though to you they are. RIGHT?
2006-10-17 13:53:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Free will" is your freedom to choose to follow God or to go your own way, which clearly we all have. Even believers choose every moment of every day whether they will rely on God's wisdom or on their own.
2006-10-17 14:20:32 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lots of unbeliever CHOOSE to believe because of what they see. eg, i see breakfast and im hungry, i choose to eat.
Lots of believers CHOOSE to lose their faith, and just give up believing.
eg, you see lots of explanation and proof on the existence of God but choose to not read about it at all.
That said, we have a choice.
(Even for this question, you have a choice to rank it as good or otherwise. Correct?)
Simple?
2006-10-17 13:54:57 · answer #6 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋