No offense here, honest curiosity. In your faith, do you believe everything is pre-destined to happen to you, such as who you marry, how many kids you have, even down to how and when you will die, and if so, does that mean you do not believe in free will?
If you believe in free will, AND pre-destination, how do you reconcile the two?
Pre-destination, for the sake of argument, you are stuck to follow a path, your choices are already determined, you make them, but you make them because you were supposed to.
Enlighten me. (I believe free will, not pre-destination, so Im curious about others)
2006-11-30 06:55:29 · 9 answers · asked by sweetie_baby 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
both! You are Pre-destination to use your free will - You are Pre-destination to go but you have the free will to choose.
2006-11-30 07:07:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Free will is the philosophical position that maintains you are free to choose and therefore responsible for your actions. I can choose whether to affiliate myself to a political party or not, go to the grocery store or not, marry or remain celibate, etc. What we choose to do has consequences, therefore we bear the responsibility for our own actions because they shape the world. Destiny (more often called determinism in philosophy) is what life has in store for us. There's no escape. There's a script so to speak assigned to everyone in this life. It was already determined that you would post this question on Yahoo! Answers today when the universe came into being. The theory states the universe operates under certain laws and everything is destined to happen a certain way. Every outcome has already been pre-established. Many people have questioned if in a determined universe we could still be held responsible for our actions. By the way, this last position does NOT imply there's a god. The Universe could be self-sufficient in governing itself like many physicists have shown. Many people have come to believe the theory of determinism implies intelligent design, but it doesn't. Strangely enough the first option has also captivated religious minds. Christianity for example is centered around the belief that we are free to choose. Otherwise the concept of sin would not make sense. There are philosophers who think both apply to our reality. We are partly free to choose but also conditioned by a variety of factors. As you can see there's a lot to be said on this matter.
2016-05-23 05:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in free will, with pre-inclination, not destination. I know for a fact that I was destined to end up working in some artform or another, but not absolutely music, theatre, dance, or writing. Therefore, I am pre-"inclined" to end up in the arts, but there isn't an absolute as to what I was "meant to be".
Bright blessings!
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2006-11-30 07:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Predestination is not puppet-on-a-string theology. It simply refers to our ability to choose God, and we are so tainted with sin that we cannot. This makes "free will" possible, but who cares what our next move is if no one of their own nature seeks God anyway? Look at Joshua 24:15. On the surface, "choose this day whom you will serve" looks like a free-will statement, but read the whole thing, and you'll see the real story -- choose whatever gods & idols you want (you're going to anyway), they all lead nowhere. As for me and my house..." well, you know the rest.
So yeah, predestination for me. I kind of like God being in charge, I don't trust Man's abilities farther than I can throw him.
2006-11-30 13:22:18 · answer #4 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist. I believe in predestination from the beginning of the universe to the end of it, all determined by perfectly mathematical rules. I do not believe in free will; in fact, I can prove that if free will exists, then nothing can actually be known.
2006-11-30 06:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible speaks of pre destination and nowhere does it mention free will. However of course we make bad choices- and as Charles Spurgeon calls that "Free agency" But God is Soverign remember.
Proverbs 16:9
The heart of man plans his way,but the LORD establishes his steps.
See Ephesians 1 and 2 and Romans 9. Read them. Of course our salvation is predestined and that is completely biblical....See John 6:44 for one reference.
2006-11-30 07:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think some is pre-destin, while others are choise. Like pre-destin to meet some one, choise to see if you do something about it, like starting a relationship.
I thinks this is the way with all life, but i could be wrong.
2006-11-30 07:03:41 · answer #7 · answered by D angel 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believein both but it is very difficult for me to explain, I can only refer you to CG Jungs Theory of the collective unconssius, and specifically to the part of the mandalas, give it a try.
2006-11-30 07:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
free-will, predestination would imply that we were created for a purpose. i dont believe we were created therefore there is no reason therefore no predestination.
2006-11-30 07:05:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋