For instance: If I was trying to drive to New York and god made the road crack open so I couldn't proceed, was he denying my free will by doing that?
2007-01-19 03:03:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So can god use this kind of stuff to help prevent crimes? Why does he not?
2007-01-19 03:19:02 · update #1
Hi Meat!
That's an interesting output. I guess it is residual from the prior one. HM, something not quite right in there, okay lets try this input:
Free agency is not limited by the action of others, otherwise it would not be. For every action there are varied potential course of decision none of which come without consequence. That is what constitutes free agency.
Stop. Process.
In your example of the road cracking, I still have the option of proceeding down that path, or I can go around, for that mater I can decide to go back home, take a plane, or many other options. It has no bearing on my free agency.
Keep trying. We love ya!
P.S. God Is a title it is appropriate to use a capital G. just for your input.
2007-01-19 04:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by MtnManInMT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or, if free will does not exist, i.e. the ability to look to God for salvation, then the "road cracking open" could very well be part of an effectual call by the Holy Spirit to change your heart around, when you were heading to New York on a "highway to hell" that the good Lord would be saving you from. This would put your free will into a negative light, with God's mercy being in a positive light, and I believe that this is the way it should be.
2007-01-19 13:33:15 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...that scenario does not deny free will.
But if you had something to learn in New York...God would not bother making the road crack.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-01-19 11:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The crack in the road has no bearing on your choice to go to New York, only physical your ability get there.
2007-01-19 11:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't think so. It may cause some adjustment to your will (perhaps you now decide to walk to New York, or decide to look for a hotel, or call the county and yell at them about their faulty roads), but I'd think if you were determined to get to New York, you could still find a way.
2007-01-19 11:08:04 · answer #5 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋