im not saying you have to believe in God but if you were the creator would you....? we talked about this for like 15 minutes in religion class (social responsibility in view of catholic faith) and were discussing suffering and the various responses to it ( hopelessness, individualism, enlightened self interest, and compassion) and then somewhere in our text wee touched on free will and thus how the question began. personally if i were god and if god is all knowing (which you dont really know) then i probably wouldnt have given humans free will concerning an objective point of view. think of this way - if you knew there would be racism, inequality, injustice, ignorance, terrorism, genocide, poverty, etc would you have given man free will? however i would not have given such freedom then taken it away and from a human perspective i can say i would die without it! but then again id probably be unaware that it ever existed...thoughts? message me if ya want! peace!
2007-01-26 07:36:01 · 4 answers · asked by Gone, Gone, Gone. 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Answer coming...(This is a way someone on Yahoo suggested I use so I wouldn't end up at the bottom of the answers while I'm trying to type a thoughtful message!) I think your question deserves a star. In some ways, the idea that god gave us free will, only to "smite" us if we break his "rules" has always been unacceptable to me. Such a god seems rather sadistic to me. Bottom line, I believe too many "human" concepts/interpretations have been imposed on "god." Many people "need" answers to questions that need never be asked, but your question was thoughtfully stated, & no, if I were god, (assumed all powerfuI & loving), I wouldn't "set up" the heinous things humans have done. & worse still, then send them to hell! Wouldn't "peace" be a wonderful ideal? Won't happen.
2007-01-26 07:45:15 · answer #1 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created the universe with a ability for evil to happen interior the outcomes of people's movements, only so as that they could comprehend what evil and suffering were, and why they were undesirable. A universe in which there became no authentic way of doing evil, even if free will nonetheless worked, ought to signify that humanity ought to under no circumstances sense the go with to illustrate to God, or maybe make the alternative between God and themselves. it is a no brainer, and then we may effectively be robots. it must be precisely as if God had made us all fairly ignorant of our surroundings. it is my address it, besides.
2016-10-16 03:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised that your instructor did not mention that theologically, free will has nothing to do with day-to-day decisions. Rather it has to do with the ability to choose God and whether we are completely without that capability or whether there is in fact some ability within us to do so, in spite of our sinful nature.
I think your teacher steered the class in the wrong direction, which may have had students talking for 15 minutes about a pointless topic that the Bible does not support whatsoever.
2007-01-26 15:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have created it without people, that was his mistake
2007-01-26 07:44:49 · answer #4 · answered by wanna no 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋