2007-03-13 09:35:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Free will
2007-03-13 09:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Philosophical free will is not theological free will. And, mainstream Christian theologies do not dispute the existence of free will. Neither do they discuss determinism. The closest theology to come to what you're talking about would be Calvinism, which denies only the ability to look to God for salvation. However, this gives man only a choice to do evil, and therefore predestination must exist in order for an exterior force (God) to act upon man's heart and save him. This becomes a difficult "sell" for those that would rather not give up their claim of ability to choose -- that essentially takes that ability from God in order to give it to themselves. This makes Calvinism a very uncomfortable theology, but it avoids the questions of omnipotence that would be automatically lost if God cannot fully rule his universe.
2007-03-13 13:48:38 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe free will exists!
Our choices are only results of our prior experiences, and our abilities of learning from these experiences (our physical, mental abilities.. etc).
In other words, it's all about (Genes) + (Experiences), they determine everything.
Even a blink of an eye happens for a reasonable reason, then comes the illusion for us human to think that we have made that choice to blink.
2007-03-13 09:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by ParadoX 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will is entirely illusionary under the Church-Turing Thesis. The CTT completely rules it out, even taking quantum effects into account.
Determinism rules this visible universe of ours without exception.
2007-03-13 09:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a hardcore determinista. It's all physics, man. Even if events can be truly random (not yet proven), it's still not free will.
2007-03-13 09:37:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We're not robots..I'm a christian, but some of these fundamentalists beliefs are toooooo far out. They should stop carping someone else's words and read the bible carefully..maybe the light of truth will turn on!
2007-03-13 09:40:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
With scripture... God WANTS everyone to be saved. He would NOT then create people who could not be saved.
2Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way some people understand it. He is patient with you. He doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed. Instead, he wants all people to turn away from their sins.
1Timothy 2:4 He (God) wants everyone to be saved. He wants them to come to know the truth.
... God predestined THAT those who obey his will would be saved, NOT WHO would obey his will.
2007-03-13 09:37:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
We all have our ends planned out for us; however, how we arrive at that end is completely up to us. It's comforting to know that no matter what happens on the way, you'll end up where you're meant to go. ^^
2007-03-13 09:39:49 · answer #8 · answered by Maddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no free will. There is no grand design. There is no plan.
There is a chain reaction and nobody and nothing knows how it will end.
2007-03-13 09:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
maybe wot u do is wot u always would do, all determined. but wot u think of it - how guilty or happy you r about ur decisions that makes u you. that all things here are just to teach you. wot u think?
2007-03-13 09:43:09 · answer #10 · answered by thenovel_writer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋