As they believe God is responsible for everything they are?
(including being stupid)
2006-11-30 23:51:28 · 34 answers · asked by The Phantom of Anna Nicole Smith 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A Big NO!
They dont even know what it means, not to mention the fact that the bible especially stricts persons right to behave how he/she really feels.
Was it something like..."if your eye get`s tempted abouth something, rip it off".
In other words, "if you have a free will, get rid of it"
2006-11-30 23:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christians have free will, and so do all humans. If they do something stupid, which we all do, why is God responsible for it?
We are responsible for our own deeds, because we get to chose, with free will.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam & Eve were given Free Will, and they chose to disobey God, and wanted that knowledge of good and evil. Obviously they made a stupid decision.
If God had not given us free will, how would God know whether each of us would choose good or evil?
2006-12-01 00:12:51 · answer #2 · answered by JoJoCieCie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christianity is full of contradictions, much as Islam. They will say it is "Gods will." So does that mean that God makes rapists rape and murderers murder? If you accept that Christianity is based on stories, yes STORIES, written by Arabs Over 2000 yrears ago and is just a load of rubbish then you will not have to battle against these philosophical problems. Many philosophical arguements are based on dumb premises. For example; "Do I really exist?" If you cut out the rubbish we all know the answer is "yes". If you accept that the bible is tosh (I'm not saying there is no God just that the bible is a collection of garbage written by fanatics) then you can say we have a free will because "We choose."
2006-12-01 00:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by Mark w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created everything including our free will. I have the free will to ignore your childish remark about Christians being stupid.
2006-11-30 23:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Debra D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a difference between government and responsibility. God sovereignly governs all things and brings about His purposes but He is not responsible for sin. We have a free will to do those things we are able only. We are limited to our abilities and the free will you refer to is the ability for a man who is dead in sin to choose God and live. No man has this ability unless He is born again. So it is a matter of who God chooses, not man.
2006-11-30 23:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will in the christian faith is very clearly demonstrated at the begining of the bible in the story of adam and eve in the garden of eden. I dont believe in any religeon in paticular and the idea of faith without proof seems irational to me, but i wouldn't go around labelling every follower of one of the largest religions in the world stupid. And i wouldn't ask such stupid questions either
2006-12-01 01:49:58 · answer #6 · answered by Paul E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians have free will within the constrains of Christianity.
By the way, what is free will? Doing whatever you are? Well your life is constraint by legislation. You are not allowed to fire on the streets at free will. But you could do it if you wanted it. So in that way there is always free will, but there are some consequenses.
2006-11-30 23:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Emile D 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes we have a free will , we choose to do things for god ,or we can choose not too, but when you look at the things god has done for us and the things he has given us you can see why we choose to serve him,but your remark about us being stupid ,does not bother me because i choose to see the good side of you and not the ignorant, and i did that with my free will
2006-12-01 00:05:39 · answer #8 · answered by shechinah p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Christians do have free will and yes to be stupid too like everyone else
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2006-11-30 23:53:23 · answer #9 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Everyone has free will and the inherent right to be stupid (and this last is practiced by many people regardless of faith or religious conviction).
Any other enlightening question you have for us mr. Phantom (and I use the term "enlightening" mockingly).
2006-11-30 23:59:18 · answer #10 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋