Some says it's real. Some say it's a concept like time. What a mess.
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2007-02-05 08:21:13 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
THE DUDE!!! Where's your avatar?
2007-02-05 08:25:28 · update #1
That's right.
And of course, all Christians of all denominations agree with each other 100%. ;-)
You need to think before you deride.
2007-02-05 08:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by future_man_uk 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Did you know that Christians don't even agree with each other on freewill?
Some say its real and provided by God to give man a choice. Others believe that they are predestined for heaven or hell and that there is no free will.
Interesting how differing beliefs occur in Christian and non Christian situations, you would almost think we were all humans.
BTW, dogmatically, Shakes the Clown is the best movie of all time.
2007-02-05 16:27:24 · answer #2 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
We should agree to disagree. It is hard to have everyone agreeing on one thing. Freewill is hard to measure. Some people's thinking are already influenced by what they were taught. I have said it before: intelligent, more knowledgeable people have a higher degree of freewill. It is an abstract attribute just like beauty.
2007-02-13 10:27:08 · answer #3 · answered by ShanShui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And Christians do? The cornerstone of John Calvin's theology was predestination in which God foreordained your life and your salvation before he even created the universe. One famous sermon, given by Johnathan Edwards in this country, was "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and in it he preaches how God is holding you on a thread above a cauldron and he falls back on predestination theology. This belief became the basis for the Presbyterians and the Puritans (aka, the Pilgrims). Some churches still teach it. You are saved or you are not, and God makes the final decision in it. Nothing you can do can change it.
2007-02-05 16:28:36 · answer #4 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Hey, that's nifty! I bet their definitions don't include, "Whatever God tells me to do!"
Did you know that Christians can't agree with each other on God? Some are Catholic, some are Lutheran, some are Methodist, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Puritan, Baptist, Hebrew, Mormon, etc. all with a different variation on the same story of God! What a mess!
Did you also know that to the ignorant Christians, everyone else is atheist? They cannot recognize taoists, Buddhists, agnostics, Wiccans, etc as anything but atheist! What a mess!
2007-02-05 16:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah we are soooo divided on soooo many issues. Its kind of what happens when people start thinking for themselves.
Unfortunately we have to respect each other's opinions and rely on facts. We don't get to sentence each other to lakes of fire or whatnot. All we can do is finish our coffees and say "Neat Idea eh?"
It's called philosophy. And you don't kill over it.
Except on the issue of best movie ever. It is clearly the Godfather, although Godfather II is considered by some heretics to be better. Godfather III was inspired by Satan.
2007-02-05 16:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well neither can Christians free will versus predestination is still being debated.
It's a difficult question. If you think atheists are confused you should look at the Christian arguments. At least atheists never burned each other at the stake over it.
2007-02-05 16:26:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
They're not all that bad. The never fly airplanes into buildings and proclaim that they are doing it for God. They're just unhappy that God can't get the religions to agree on God. You will never have World Peace if God doesn't start stepping up to the plate and play Sodom & Gommorah with some of the religions who can't agree on the same God.
2007-02-05 16:35:37 · answer #8 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I'd give you an intelligent answer on this one but I have a Protestant and Catholic in my living room arguing if the bread and wine at the communion table actually become the body and blood of Christ. What a mess!
2007-02-05 16:30:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Theists cant agree on it either. Ask a Christian, ask a Jew, ask a Hindu and they'll all give you a different take on it. Atheists cannot be grouped by what they think. We all think something different. The only commonality we have is that we don't think there is a god.
2007-02-05 16:27:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Christians can't agree on it either... and they're the one's telling us it's Absolute Truth and you MUST believe what they tell you or you're lost.
I've yet to have an Atheist tell me anything remotely close to this.
2007-02-05 16:56:27 · answer #11 · answered by Kithy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋