I was told in this question http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AixyVXEaI_nd5Kcbpuny0ADd7BR.?qid=20070120091408AA7HUPh that God can't do miracles because that would mess with our "free will."
1. If that's true, why did Christ perform miracles, raise people from the dead. Didn't THAT mess with their free will.
2. How exactly does "doing something supernatural" impact someones free will? They're still quite free to reject it as a "trick" or to attribute it to the wrong god. Can you explain please?
2007-01-20 04:29:03 · 20 answers · asked by Haiku Hanna 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1. Any miracles supposedly done by Christ aren't proven facts, much like Santa's flying sleigh. A miracle isn't a real thing, first of all. A myth to support an idea.
2. Free will is the ability to do whatever you choose and that means humanly random and fallible. There are no such things as "supernatural events" or "miracles".
2007-01-20 04:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by heartmindspace 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely untrue! God is still making miracles. He is still Creating new stars and planets. Scientists tell us that the universe is still expanding. That does not happen by accident!
We were given free will, so that we could make intelligent choices about life. God did not want robots! They only do what they are programmed to do. Not like animals that act out of instinct, and the need to survive.
To answer your first question. No, Jesus did not mess with their free will, they had none, they were dead! He did those things so that all who saw Him would know that He was who He said He was!.
As far as something being supernatural. You would have to look at all the facts and come to your own conclusion. Yes, the other god, the god of this world Satan. Has and is still doing supernatural things to confuse as many as possible. His plan is to fool the whole world so he can be worshiped. To a certain degree he has succeed. He has more than half of the world believing that he does not exist!
2007-01-20 04:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. If it is your will that God do miracles in your life...then whoever told you that was a retard. I guess it would mess with someone's free will if they didn't ask God to do miracles in their life...
But to answer your questions....
1. Jesus performed miracles for people who had enough faith to give their will to him. They believed in him and only by their own faith and will did he do such miracles.
2. Doing something supernatural effects the will only if the will is there in the first place. And of course a person can reject it...but those who have faith in it diligently enough to ask a recieve will not doubt. And if someone would be attributing these supernatural dealings to the wrong God, then they are probably right in doubting that it was God's work... if that makes ANY sense.
2007-01-20 07:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by pinque_soprano 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. First that just isn't true. God doesn't "Come down" and do miracles.
2. God always uses people to preform miracles. Moses, Jesus, Paul, the Apostle and now all "believers" no matter what hype you see on TV from these televangelist. Some can preform miracles but need to be more Biblical in their ways. (My opinion)
The person who witness the miracle can reject what they've seen or contribute it to some other source there are examples of this in the Bible. People who receive the miracle can also reject it. Here is the free will. This is up to the individual.
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2007-01-20 06:01:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, nice try. Christ performed miracles, and yet the reprobate people still did not believe him. That puts free will in a pretty negative light, in my opinion. It's nothing to be desired if we have a sin nature that cannot look to God for salvation. So, the answer to #1 is that Jesus' miracles did not mess with anyone's free will at all, those who did not believe, were not the Elect anyway.
#2, again based on the assumption that man's nature can never merit heaven, "doing something supernatural" would naturally have no impact whatsoever on anyone's free will if they were not elected unto salvation.
2007-01-20 04:46:43 · answer #5 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus has a free will of his very own.
Only a living person could have free will, not someone dead.
When Jesus raised people from the dead, he didn't mess
with their free will. The dead don't have a will at all.
Free will means choices. You only have choices when you have
power. When you don't have power, you are "at the mercy" of
some one who does. The person with power is free.
If God refuses to do miracles, that is actually his free will being
dominant. No one's free will has dominion over him.
Otherwise, we're omnipotent, and he isn't.
When Jesus did miracles, people did in fact reject them as
tricks, or the devil's work.
But he didn't leave them "free" to do so. He did withhold his
miracles from those who mocked them.
So how "free" was their will? If they rejected his miracles, and he did them for others anyway, then Jesus contradicted and
overthrew their free will, and healed the sick any way.
Our free will gets "messed with" every day. Politicians vote on,
and sign bills into law that none of us would agree to if asked.
When we are sick, choosing not to go to a doctor puts us at
risk. How is our "will" really free?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law. My "free will" only governs
what belongs to me, not what belongs to any one else.
God always has a "free will" of his very own. If we have to
depend on Jesus for miracles, our will is dependant on his
will. God is not at the mercy of human beings in any way, is not
obligated to "answer" requests, but does do so by his choice.
2007-01-20 04:57:04 · answer #6 · answered by Bubba 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will also involves seeing the results of your free will.
Why bother stealing if you know God will cause a miracle to give everything back to it's rightful owner?
Why bother drinking all night long if you know God will cause a miracle to keep you from getting drunk?
Why stop smoking if you know God will cause a miracle to prevent you from getting any health problems from it?
God wants us to choose at least certain things for ourselves without interference from him because pain and trouble are character builders. Good changes in people rarely occur
from good things, but they frequently occur when pain is involved.
The main purpose for miracles is so God can authenticate his words. In a world where everyone thinks they speak for God, how is a real believer supposed to know the difference between a real speaker for God and a fake?
Miracles are what seals his prophets, and Jesus himself as speakers of God's truth.
2007-01-20 05:02:24 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Maxine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's safe to say that most Christians believe God can perform miracles so the one who answered is one of a very small few who believe He cant We do have free will, and a miracle does not revoke the free will but does encourage you to make the choice He wants you to. People have seen miracles and still deny, even in Jesus' case. God definitely encourages our choices but He doesnt order them so that we have no controll over it.
I was born Italian, I have absolutely no choice in my geneology. I do not have to LIVE as an italian but I can if I want to.
2007-01-20 04:36:36 · answer #8 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Free will is limited by ability and God gives some ability He does not give others. I can will all I want but I can't fly. Those dead in sin have no more ability to come to Christ than a dead man can will to come out of his grave. Only a miracle of grace in the heart gives a man the ability and the will to flee to Christ.
2007-01-20 04:37:03 · answer #9 · answered by beek 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you are thinking the wrong kind of free will.... god gives us free will in order to believe in god or to not believe in god..
everyone else needs to learn this as well... i am christian also but there is a BIG difference.
the earthly free will we have is from our government... think about it, do yuu think the chinese have teh same free will as us?
no, and thats why gods free will for us is we get to choose between having worldly things or having god.
he doesn't make us believe in god... we have to do that ourselves.. so
our worldly free will has nothing to do with miracels or anything liek that
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN GODS FREE WILL AND OURS
im sorry there are all these people answering and thinking they know the right answer... but to be honest, to find the right answers you would have to research them and not ask these people here... thats if you really want to know.
anyways... jesus didnt do those miracles to brag or show off , but to tell people to repent of there sins and live a life that was like his.
those miracles were not his goals... they were often good gestures for jesus to do... for example, a lot of his miracles happened when he was walking from town to town to tell people to repent of the sins, and people just stopped him and asked for his healing powers... there were even times where he healed someone and told them not to tell anyone else until the moment is right, and other times he told them to tell everyone else, jsut to show that he is really from god.
these miracles were not there for jesus to perform and say believe me cause i can do miracles... but it was because the other person had faith in him and... the rest is history
2007-01-20 04:44:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋