if god exists, and gives us free will, then why doesnt he let us choose if we want to exist on earth or not? i mean why does he send people here, and then punish them when they kill themselves? after all he knew they didnt want to live here...
2007-03-08 06:26:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How do you know you didn't
How do you know before you werte born, God asked you things like
"what gender do you want to be?
What are your life goals.....
set up our life compkletely BECAUE we asked to come to earth, we just don't remember once we go through the birthing canal.
2007-03-08 06:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by danksprite420 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no one knows if suicide is punishment or if we all end up 6ft under anyway and only. People that say they know this is punishment are brainstems.
We have free will you're right about that. And we do choose whether we live to the fullest extent of the word. Or if we choose to let life pass us by and do nothing or just die. People don't have to committ suicide to kill themselves. They also choose to eat mcdonalds, smoke cigarettes, do drugs/alcohol ---and then end up dying of heart attacks, cancer, O.D., or drive to fast and hit a tree. Does this mean they are getting punished when they die? The Christians will tell you no. hmmmmmm. But if they do it faster with a knife, they will...think about it. These brainstems can't justify so don't bother trying to......
2007-03-08 06:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by Virgo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not have "free will" until we are born. Once we are, God gives us that ability to make our own decisions about how we will live our lives. God doesn't plan our lives out for us, if he did, that would be the opposite of the definition of free will. He doesn't pick and choose who is going to kill themselves, nor does he pick and choose who will thrive in their lives.
2007-03-08 06:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before this life, Heavenly Father presented His plan of salvation to all of His spirit children.
The plan would require us to leave God’s presence, enter mortality, and learn to “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). We would receive a physical body. We would also be allowed to use our moral agency to choose right or wrong, which would help us grow.
Heavenly Father knew we would not always make correct choices. So He promised to send His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior. Jesus would teach us how to live. He would also make it possible for us to repent and to be resurrected. Through His Atonement we could become more like God and ultimately return to live with Him again.
Not all of our Heavenly Father’s spirit children accepted His plan. Lucifer, with many others, rebelled and was cast out (Revelation 12:4,9). But all those who would eventually come to Earth accepted the plan—and even “shouted for joy” (Job 38:7). You were among these.
2007-03-08 06:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by Arthurpod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not "send" anyone anywhere. "Free will" is not "given", it is simply the nature of God.
We do choose to "exist" on earth. But the part that chooses is not readily apparent to our ego-awareness.
There is no cosmic chessmaster, no divine puppeteer. Expand your thinking, explore the contents of your conscious mind. Learn who and what you really are. Seek, and you will find.
2007-03-08 10:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created us with a plan and purpose---there is a reason for each of our lives, and it is up to us to accept it.
The simple point is that we're not God.
We have free will to exercize our authority over the Earth (Genesis), not our existence
2007-03-08 06:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you were created for "purpose". Not by choice.
You are not given Free will until you are created... what you think God should have asked you in the womb with nar a braincell to think with? you would still be a creation... either way.... tadpole or not...
2007-03-08 06:31:21 · answer #7 · answered by sassinya 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had caused your own existence there might be some truths contained in what you assert. But since you were caused, arguments about whether or not you wanted to be caused are logically flawed.
It is as if the pot could say to the potter, "Why have you made me thus?"
2007-03-08 06:46:55 · answer #8 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What God wants and what God knows are different things. He created us and gave us free will because he wants us to choose to live and choose to glorify him. He allows us to accept or reject him. He knows what our choice will be, so nothing we do is a surprise to him, but he gives it to us anyway.
2007-03-08 06:32:54 · answer #9 · answered by Rachel M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What makes you think you KNOW that He punishes those that kill themselves? Where do you come to this revelation? Or are you listening to one main stream thought process that may be flawed?
2007-03-08 06:32:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋