What is the consensus everyone? 50/50? 60/40? 20/80? I see so many people who think God will take care of it 'all' and are surprised when nothing happens so tell me how much do you believe is up to you and how much is up to your type of 'God' ? Just curious
2007-02-18 00:31:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I believe that if there is a god, everyone still has 100% free will to do as they choose, and therefore humans mold the world for humans not god
2007-02-18 00:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by Aenima 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just can't believe in an active god that interferes with the works of man. I believe that god imbues mankind with certain traits, and that the good works of man are god-inspired, and the evil works of man are by ignoring god's gifts of a soul and concience.
I do think it's 00/100, otherwise I'd be praying to god 24/7 for a winning lotto ticket and lots of hot redheads looking for a man.
2007-02-18 09:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God-100.
2007-02-18 08:35:59 · answer #3 · answered by Sheeth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that God allows us to make our own choices and learn from them. That's life isn't it? I don't think we are on this earth just so God can "puppet play" with us. He gave us a brain and a conscience. So we use that. He just judges us as a whole when we arrive in heaven and how well we played life...almost like a game right? Free will by the way.
2007-02-18 08:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by ck55 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who believe in an omnipotent, omnipresent God who knows everything and can never be wrong, and still believe in free will, simply have not thought the matter through. Even if he is not causing you to do anything, just the fact that he can never be wrong and knows what you are going to do means you are not free to do anything else. You simply carry out what he already knows if it is a fact he cannot be wrong and already knows what you are going to do.
2007-02-18 08:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will 100%, god does nothing for me, and I am all the better for it. Free will is a developed instinct that can't be magically granted by some quasi-deity, only through self- determination and leaning can this be achieved.
2007-02-18 08:51:21 · answer #6 · answered by Hman069 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i have no fixed beliefs because since they can't be proven, i have no real reason to hold a strong belief in only one thing..
right now however, I reckon that we control and set out our own lives..perhaps even before we were born, we knew how we would die..but we opted in to this journey to experience something new. perhaps this is a bit like a long drawn out movie, and something big will unfold in our lifetimes. maybe though, 'life' is my creation and it is only me that truley exists and this is essentially a creation of my own mind; from any one persons viewpoint, this is not as crazy as it sounds.. for example, our dreams contain real people who we tend to believe are real until we wake up and realise they are not.
who knows aye! either way I see no reason to believe in any given god or religion because there is no reason why anything written hundreds of years ago would be more accurate than my own thinking today.
2007-02-18 08:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by James W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i feel like god helps those people who try to help themselves. meaning if there is a problem you need to at least address the problem, realize there is a problem and try to do something about the problem, when all else fails, try god and i bet if you ask him for guidance you can get through anything and remember what won't kill you will only make you stronger, and that god will only put as much on you as you can bear.
2007-02-18 08:37:59 · answer #8 · answered by misseshodges 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe god has a plan for our life...i do not believe that we get everything we ask for on this earth...god loves us and he will take care of us like he does the flowers and things...we are suppose to our best and live for god and blessings will come our way..our lives are not always going to be easy...but with god we have peace and knowing that we have hope...i have had a real tough life but i have learned a lot in it..i have not lost my faith in god without it i would not have anything...
2007-02-18 08:37:26 · answer #9 · answered by sanangel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is real. He gave us the will to make our own decisions. We have a soul that dwells in our body and a spirit that dwells in our soul. When we receive Jesus as our Savior, the Holy spirit enters and dwells in our spirit. The spirit leads us in our decisions, but we don't always obey and this sometimes get us in a mess. The reason for a free will, God don't want us to be robots, He wants us to come to Him freely and trust in Him That's one way we prove our love to Him.
2007-02-18 13:47:37 · answer #10 · answered by Auburn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋