Imagine power as a citrus fruit. How is it that we maintain at least one wedge of power, free will, and yet god has all the wedges?
2007-01-18 04:31:26 · 39 answers · asked by manic.fruit 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excellent point!
2007-01-18 04:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you really are asking a very deep, complicated, and religion-based question here; the real answer is that it depends on what you believe. Many people believe that "free will" is merely an illusion, and that people are really just subject to God's Will. Others believe that there is a plan, or destiny for them, but that they still have a choice. Still others believe that they choose their own destiny, and that it's all a matter of choice. Because of these differing opinions, it's logical to think that the amount of "free will" that someone has is granted to them by themselves. Personally, I believe that God has a plan for me, but that I also have free will; whatever I choose will eventually lead me to one ultimate end, and that there are many paths I may take to get there. It may be that the only plan that God has for me is to get to heaven by His grace; it's all a matter of exactly how much "planning" there is for any given person. Hope that helped, though I'm sure it raises even more questions than it answers...
2007-01-18 04:40:59 · answer #2 · answered by nickleyw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There can be no god and free will at the same time. To live your life for god would mean that you want to get into heaven as opposed to frying in hell for an eternity. This is not free will, it is a choice between suffering or pleasure. I dont know anyone that likes to suffer, but if (according to the christian bible) i decide that i don't believe in god, i will be sent to hell. This may be what christians call free will. to me this is terrorism. The choice to believe in god is loaded with a threat. If i choose to believe in god then i am rewarded with heaven. Well I have to come to the conclusion that there is no free will when god is in question.
2007-01-18 05:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Randy T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where do you people come up with these analogies? Geess
Anyway....Can love be genuine if it's forced? NO
It has to be of your own free will and choosing if love is to be real. Think of this analogy : A programed robot. Programed to love. Not very real is it? It has to be "free will" to be authentic. So if you choose God, that choice is real and genuine, not forced.
YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE IN A GOD YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT. Try reading the Bible. Ask questions that bring you closer to understanding God for real. Not ones that make you think you're intellectually superior to God because you think they're witty. Because you don't understand God, doesn't mean he's not real.
2007-01-18 04:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by Vizzini 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have free will because God gave it to us, a free will to make the choice to do right or wrong. If God's power is a citrus fruit, He has it all, we have none of it. We have the free will, given to us by God, to make the decision to make a right or wrong choice.
2007-01-18 04:48:25 · answer #5 · answered by kellygirlaj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father created souls in his likeness, with the same powers to a lesser degree. The humans job here (the only job here) is to make choices, choose Love/fellowship, desire, truely desire to leave this place and back to father you will go. choose dominion/manipulation,judging off to the other place for you.
Free will was given to the soul, not the human. Many souls could not bare to leave fathers side., could not bear to leave the love.
Others came here to this place, liked it and stayed. soon more came. Do we (humans) have free will, mostly yes, but there is always karma to deal with.
when a woman gives birth she still has all her wedges, same with god.
2007-01-18 05:14:03 · answer #6 · answered by happy_kko 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has given us free will as a part of His love for us.
If you truly love someone you do not force them into a decision.
Much like a marriage proposal - you do not force someone who you truly love to marry you; rather, you allow them to make the choice for him/herself.
God wants us to do right, to make the right decisions in life (the ultimate decision would be for us to trust His Son as Saviour). But, being the loving God that He is, refuses to force His will upon us. He allows us to do what we want - and to be 100% responsible for the outcome of those decisions.
God is not some tyrant that sits upon a throne and demands us to do exactly as He pleases; rather, God is a loving King that desires us to do His will - and rewards those who do.
We are not His puppets, we are His beloved children. As children, we are heirs to His throne - would not an heir be given at least one "wedge of power" from the King?
2007-01-18 04:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by jeffery 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God loves us and gave us free will. That is why we can choose to sin and yet the world God made for us does not fall apart because of it, even though we are denying all the loving laws he made for us to follow to keep us healthy and happy. His hand of grace covers us for a time, but if we choose the laws of death, death will surely come when God makes a new world free from sin.
2007-01-18 04:42:03 · answer #8 · answered by Freedom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is an illusion due to us being aware of ourselves.
Even under many supernatural magic beliefs, their deity knows what will happen anyway, which renders free will meaningless. Free will is a human creation, as is god, to make the less informed feel better about life.
2007-01-18 04:36:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the fact that we have free will God is able to extend his wonderful Grace to us. See God holds all of the wedges but he gives us the choice to choose him instead of making us choose him.
2007-01-18 04:38:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is bantered around here all the time. Christians are not the only ones who have free will...everyone else has it as well and obviously many people exercise their free will in choosing not to be Christian.
Just because YOU do not believe there is a God, does not mean God does not exist. Think about it...it might not be your reality, but its mine. cal
2007-01-18 04:36:38 · answer #11 · answered by Callie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋