Seems like all it does is cause people to go to hell. So what's the upside? Why would God give it to us?
2007-02-01 16:42:21 · 13 answers · asked by mullah robertson 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
OK, but if God doesn't want robots, then why would he have a plan for us and ask us to pray for guidance from him so that we can follow the plan?
2007-02-01 16:49:42 · update #1
For all those who are compaing this to child rearing let me ask you this question, do you give your child free will when it comes to matter of their personal safety?
Would you allow them to drink and drive?
2007-02-01 16:51:24 · update #2
the christians are gonna say that the upside is that we don't have to be robots, and that we get to choose to praise god.
the only "gift" given to us by means of free will is to be accountable for being unworthy of god, so, no there isn't an upside to having free will. I would rather be a robot in heaven than an accountable person in hell.
2007-02-01 16:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have said it over and over again there is no upside to free will. If you give someone choices then you have to be willing to accept the consequences for those choices. If God gave us free will to decide wheter to worship then how can he blame us for not beleiving or worshipping in him, it was a fifty fifty chance wheter we would or not.
Faith works for some of us but not all. Some of us need reason and logic, therefore free will hinders us in a way from ever having a chance to be close to God no matter. Why take the chance , without free will we would have had to worship him no matter what.
It is ridiculous to assume that without free will we would be like robots. Animals do not have free will but I know just by watching dogs they are all have totally different behaviors and personalities so that logic makes no sense. You can still be different without free will.
2007-02-02 01:17:52 · answer #2 · answered by CelticFairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we don't have the ability to look to God for salvation, then any decision we make leads to the same place -- hell. Therefore there is no upside to free will. The "robots" argument is a strawman and a non sequitur, if God loves and saves his own, why wouldn't the saved be happy about their salvation and the Holy Spirit's work in opening their eyes?
2007-02-02 10:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that we may use our common sense to search for & find the one thing that can fill the void in our hearts...Jesus Christ. We are made in the image of God. That means we are a lot like Him. Do you want someone to love you because they have no other choice or do you want someone to love you & commit their life to you because they choose to?
EDIT: No, He doesn't want robots, that's why He gave each of us different talents. We each have a role to fulfill. It's no different than a group of people submitting their time & their will to a martial arts "master." Why do they do it? They each have their own reasons but the bottom line is it's for the betterment of the minds, spirits & bodies. Why is it so accepted that we can "submit" like that on a human level to another human but utterly unacceptable to think God should want to from us as well - also for our own personal gain?
My children DO have free will. I have given them proper instruction such as "do not run out into the road!" If they choose to disobey & run into the road...well....we all know what the consequences of that can be. Choices have consequences. God gives us instructions & rules like that for our benefit too. If we choose to disobey....again...choices have consequences.
2007-02-02 00:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by Pamela 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that God gave us free will because when we do what is right it pleases him and means more than when we do wrong. I think about my own instincts as a parent. My children have free will and there is no feeling in the world like seeing my child make a good decision on his own. He is not perfect and he makes mistakes but when he does good with out my help but out of his own choice it is undescribable.
2007-02-02 00:49:35 · answer #5 · answered by CLEMVIER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be able to make the right choices, we need first to have the very possibility of making the wrong ones. For example, you know putting your hand on a hot oven will burn it, but you still have the choice of doing it or not.
It is all about the choices we make, everyday, every time.
However, if you get free will out of the equation we have no possibility of choice, no possibility of progress.
2007-02-02 00:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by Wint 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The upside is that God loves us enough to fix the mistakes we make exercising our free will, and gives us a second, third, and fourth chances.
2007-02-02 00:54:22 · answer #7 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is given to us so that we freely choose to follow and obey God. No one can say God did not give us a choice or that God forced us to do anything. God wants us to be with him and follow him because we want to, not because we have to, there is no love in being told to do something. If you choose not to obey and follow God is when you have made the choice to go to hell, it is still in your own hands, you make that choice for yourself.
2007-02-02 00:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've already got the answer. Hell is the upside.
Look, if only conservative Christians go to heaven, that means all the decent, intelligent, and good-looking people go to hell.
Just like everything else, Christians got the preferred destination wrong as well.
It's Miller time (in Hell).
2007-02-02 00:47:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because God doesn't want robots -- He wants people to love Him back. It's like, if you had a child, would you rather that child be independent and full of life, or would you want that child to do what you said with no emotion?
.
2007-02-02 00:46:14 · answer #10 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋