you people that said I dont know the definition of FREE WILL are probably the same ding bats that dont even know your FREEDOM is being slowly taken away from you.
2007-03-09 02:52:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think that we are involving ourselves in a vicious semantic circle.
How about viewing it this way: We have been granted the power of choice. Yes, there are consequences if we choose the wrong path, but we "are" able to choose.
OKAY. Here are 2 scenarios,both with choices.
I personally would not want to place my hand on a hot stove burner.(there are consequences involved). There is no reward....only one real choice,for those who are intelligent. (I think that "you" would refer to this as just "will" not "free will"
I can also have unprotected sex with a woman who is carring a venerial disease. I did recieve a reward,in my choice in this case, but also will pay the price for my poor choice.
Are we willing to avoid the consequences that are inherant in the "forbidden" or will we blindly and lustfully grab the fruit and pay later?
2007-03-09 03:35:08 · answer #1 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
free will has nothing to do with god or with heavens...
Man is condemned to make a choice in every second of his life................. Some choices are good for him and some arent. Whether he is fully aware of the consequences of his choices is more important than whether he has free will or not. He may sincerely think that the option he chooses is good for him and for mankind but it may come out the other way around. At such cases he cant be held responsible. The problem is that most of our choices are made in full ignorance of the consequences.
2007-03-10 11:38:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allah Knows everything that will happen. The first thing that He created was the "pen" and He ordered the pen to write. The pen wrote until it had written everything that would happen. And then Allah began to create the universe. All of this was already known to Him before He created it. He does have absolute and total control at all times. There is nothing that happens except that He is in control of if.
There is a mistake in the question: "Free Will." Allah alone, has Free Will, He Wills whatever He likes and it will always happen as He wills. We have something called, "Free choice." The difference is that what Allah "Wills" always happens and what we choose may or may not happen. We are not being judged on the outcome of things, we are being judged on our choices. This means that at the core of everything will always be our intentions. Whatever we intended, is what we will have the reward for. Each person will be judged according to what Allah gave them to work with, how they used it and what they intended to do with it.
As regards the actual "Judgment Day" - Allah tells us that everything we are doing is being recorded and not a single tiny thing escapes from this record. Even an atom's weight of good will be seen on the Day of Judgment and even a single atom's weight of evil will be seen too.
The one who will bring the evidences against us will be ourselves. Our ears, tongue, eyes and all of our bodies will begin to testify against us in front of Allah on the Day of Judgment. None will be oppressed on that Day, none will be falsely accused.
He could have put everyone in their respective places from the very beginning, but the people would complain as to why they were thrown in Hell without being given a chance. This life is exactly that; a chance to prove to ourselves who we really are and what we would really do if we indeed had a free choice.
Allah Knows everything that will happen, but we don't. That is why the test is fair.
2007-03-09 11:10:01 · answer #3 · answered by raYah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely free will. You are free to decide upon any course of action that you choose. The process of making the decision should include the possible consequences. One cannot reasonably expect that the operation of gravity would be suspended if one decided to leap off of a 40 story building.
2007-03-09 11:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You typed your question didnt you? That is FREE WILL!
And as a natural CONSEQUENCE of typing the question, you will probably get an answer or nothing. :P
See? Was your FREEDOM taken away from you?
*read again and again MANY times UNTIL you understand if u didnt get it the 1st time.
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Hope it helps, God Bless,
2007-03-09 11:01:38 · answer #5 · answered by 0 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems to me that all choices have consequences...good and bad. say for example..taking a drink of water. If i do, my thirst will be quenched...if I dont, ill eventually dehydrate and die. Like the outcome or not..its still a free will choice.
2007-03-09 10:59:34 · answer #6 · answered by Underdog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consequences are not automatically added to any decision like interest to a bank loan; whatever decision you make in your life, good or bad, affects everyone, not just you.
Free will is being able to make those decisions on your own and not having someone else force them on you.
2007-03-09 11:00:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My freedom can not be taken away from me...you don't know what true freedom is.
You could be in prison - in a jail cell - and still have freedom.
As for personal freedoms (freedom to do and not do)...I prefer to have as much freedom in my actions as possible.
But personal freedoms can be taken away...true freedom can never be taken away.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-03-09 11:01:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free-will is what you choose which is limited according to one's karma(action). Pious karma leads to happiness. Impious karma gives misery and suffering. Even while suffering or enjoying one can create fresh good or bad karma and consequently enjoy or suffer. Creating fresh karma is within one's free will. For instance, if one is flying in a airplane from New York to Delhi, the destination is fixed. He can do nothing about changing that karma he created which is going to Delhi. But, he exercise his free will in Airplane and execute some actions like sleeping, reading, watching movie etc. . . which in turn creates another result .
John Nordheimer: Is that preordained, or is it by free choice?
Prabhupada: Free choice. What is preordained? You are here of your free choice. If you like, you can sit down and talk with me, and if you don't like, then you can go. That is your free choice. Free choice makes destiny; if I act in goodness, then my future is good. And if I act badly, my future is bad. That is destiny. Man is the architect of his own destiny. If you are educated, your future is nice, and if you remain foolish, then your future is bad. Future destiny depends on present action. This life is an opportunity to make the next life, and if we behave like human beings, then in our next life we will go back home, back to Godhead. But if we behave like animals, then in the next life we will take animal bodies. That's all. All this is very nicely described in Bhagavad-gita. The conclusion is that human beings are meant for understanding God, but if we waste our time understanding dog, and if we become attached to dog, then we will become dogs in our next life. And if we are attached to God, we become like God, in our next life. The choice is ours.
2007-03-09 11:17:55 · answer #9 · answered by Gaura 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom is not free, and free will does not come without consequences. Your attempt at sophistry is demeaning to all who frequent this site. You should be ashamed of yourself.
2007-03-09 11:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋