2007-01-12 06:11:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good point, Blue Octag... then the existence of free-will is incompatible with the existence of god.
2007-01-12 06:19:24 · update #1
I've read the entire bioble
2007-01-12 06:29:03 · update #2
You are assuming that God in fact gave us free will, and therefore the ability to choose him, which I disagree with. We are too tainted in our sin to be able to look to him for salvation. I wouldn't call salvation (translated rescue!) out of a human race of doomed sinners, a negative thing. Free will then, is nothing for us to desire if out of all of the decisions we make, none will gain us any salvation by our own ability.
If we look at salvation in this manner, then the choice of who will be saved would follow as God's prerogative, not ours, and this fits with the predestination versus very well if he can choose us before the foundations of the world.
If you're going to describe God's calling, regeneration, and gift of faith as being an automaton, count me in as a happy robot!
2007-01-14 13:05:17 · answer #1 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't take back free will at any time. That's why there is so much evil in the world. The fact that God exists outside of time, views all of time simultaneously, and therefore has already seen our decisions of free will doesn't make those decisions any less free.
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2007-01-12 14:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free will means we think and act freely. Just like a parent gives birth to a child, they can teach the child, but the child reacts and thinks independently and thus is responsible for their own actions. If someone is incarcerated, then they are not free because of a violation of their free will, they broke a law and have to pay..........we arent automatons, just chess pieces on a game of chess..........between God and the Devil.........
2007-01-12 14:24:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a god exists there can be no free will. If god created you, everything surrounding you, and knows the outcome of all your decisions (as the Biblical god must, as the future is predicted) then you don't choose one solitary thing. No free will with an omniscient god, it's just common sense.
2007-01-12 14:15:10 · answer #4 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He desires justice, Mercy, compassion and faith. We have lived in easier times and take for granted our easy lives. Their have been evil times and people. Burning books, bondage, slavery, murders. Evil tries to control people and use them for its own purpose, controlling by fear or whatever means possible. God teaches that to be a leader you have to serve people, Evil on the other hand enslaves with cruel punishment, controls. you should read the Bible and find out what God asks for and the good he brings in his Justice Mercy Compassion and faith towards us
2007-01-12 14:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by chucky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your free will allows you to believe or not believe. God already knows who will and who will not, but he still gives everybody the chance to believe before they die. The choice is your. Blessed is he who believes and has never seen!
2007-01-12 14:21:37 · answer #6 · answered by KIB 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋