What is true freedom and how do the beatitudes promote it?
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2007-03-18 00:30:07 · 8 answers · asked by xxxhaylesxxx 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A Christian definition is that freedom is not the right to do what you want to do but the power to do what you ought to do. So who is the free person, the one who is enslaved to cigarettes or the one has the power to not smoke? When the Bible says that God sets us free what it is teaching is that God gives us the power to live righteous lives and not be enslaved to sin.
2007-03-18 00:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust in God is true freedom because we are freed from worry, fear and anxiety. Fear and worry keep the mind in bondage.
The Beatitudes offer assurances of our future if we follow Christ’s teachings.
2007-03-18 07:39:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my child... freedom is the Ability, to Choose between God and Evil, right from Wrong...
2007-03-18 07:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by Oishi Sushi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
freedom from churches and religion
2007-03-18 08:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by andrew w 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Realising that there is no God and that when you die you're dead.
The moment this realisation hit me, it was like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders.
2007-03-18 07:37:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no freedom. we share the same planet. we must share with consideration.
2007-03-18 07:38:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be free from sin
2007-03-18 07:36:43 · answer #7 · answered by Baby G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to accept God and have faith - without all the dogma!
2007-03-18 08:06:28 · answer #8 · answered by Virgo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋