Do we have free will to choose, or are CHOSEN?
2007-03-10 14:13:01 · 28 answers · asked by Dirk Johnson 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A person is born with a natural bent towards sin, inherited from ones forebears. One can choose to indulge their rebellious nature, or seek a solution from God. I was a natural born rebel, but today I'm a child of the Living God.
You must be born again.
2007-03-10 14:21:18 · answer #1 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A person is born an infant, it isn't born as an atheist or anything else. Only as an adult can you decide that you are an atheist, you have to have knowledge to make a choice.
As being an atheist, how can there be a godd to drive people away. We have total free will to believe there is a god or there isn't and we have the will to chose to be whatever religion we choose. Nothing is prewritten.
2007-03-10 14:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was born an Atheist but mom and other relatives put god in my life by dragging me to church. I became a born again Atheist by high school thank goodness and logic.
2007-03-10 14:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously u hav d free will to choose,u live 4 experience n u gain it weter u r an atheist or a very spiritual person,but a spiritual person has an edge wen it comes 2 solvin life's prob cos he is much more poised n calm n belivs dat der is sum1 watchin him!!!n god doesn drive away ppl 4m him,it is dose aethist who drive away god 4m dem,n a person cannot b born an aethist,his coarse of actions in d past or his experience or d kind of upbringin he had may dirve him into dat path!!!once again d choice is ours!!n everythin is more like d matrix movie!!!!make d correct choices in life
2007-03-10 14:21:42 · answer #4 · answered by sakura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody is born atheist.
"a" means without
"theist" means a person who believes in a god or gods
An atheist is a person without belief in a god or gods. Everybody is born an atheist.
2007-03-10 14:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on how innocent you believe that man is. If he is not guilty, or if there is no God, or if man is merely a "neutral" creature, then I believe you are stuck with your dilemma.
If man is not innocent, then everyone deserves hell, it's as simple as that. That would have to give us an external source for our salvation rather than us making our own decisions for salvation, and a loving God that chooses his own allows the Almighty to be omniscient, and yields a damaged man.
Take your pick.
2007-03-13 17:34:28 · answer #6 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALL PEOPLE are born atheist. You cannot have a belief in God until it is taught to you. This "God is with you" in the heart when you are born is religious fundementalism at its worst. God is learned, just like any belief or ideology.
2007-03-10 14:19:10 · answer #7 · answered by tsavo 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We have free will to chose. No one is born an atheist. The people decide to become atheists, which I think is stupid. God doesn't purposely drive people away.
2007-03-10 14:19:28 · answer #8 · answered by Prayer Warrior 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
atheist or christian is just a cultural option...you cannot be born something that belongs to the cultural ground. First of all in order to be atheist or christian you need to find it in your life...otherwise it would be impossible to be any of them...Is it possible for an american to be born a juantagulashi (that is the religion of a tribe in Africa)?
2007-03-10 14:22:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion drives reasonable people away from it with its absurdity and inaccuracy. A person is born with a clean slate, if they think logically they will become a non-believer.
2007-03-10 14:19:03 · answer #10 · answered by Oshihana 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋