How is that free-will?
2007-03-24 14:02:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Credit for this question should go to the Infidel guy.
2007-03-24 14:09:01 · update #1
Free will relates to human free will..not to God's...God exists outside of the rules for man..one is the creator........
the other is the created.
Even so, that doesn't remove free will from God..he does as he chooses.
2007-03-24 14:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God knows what the outcome will be. he has set all things in motion and all things in the universe follow a natural order. We, even as mere mortals, can discern the seasons and know that the seasons will come and go. We are created by God as free will agents, which means that we can follow any path we choose. God may or may not know which path we will follow, but he knows what the outcome and the end result of our actions will be. He may not know what we will decide in every given situation, but he certainly knows what the result will be. And, many times we do too.
2007-03-24 21:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by dwforce 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows he will watch over the word he has already spoken and perform it.That isn't free will?I'd say it is because if it were left up to this human race as to what he does or doesn't do , he would really be a mess but he isn't,and he doesn't and I thank him for that.
2007-03-24 21:13:51 · answer #3 · answered by jackiedj8952 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we have free will, we can only live our life for god, and be lead by, the holy spirit, if we give ourselves to him, to be lead, a rebirth into a new life, though surrender, faith, and knowledge of the holy bible, we can attempt to have a mind of Christ, and a spirit of love, for or fellow man. Just because he knows whats best, if we do not have a like mind, we will never know the blessed life, he has for us.
2007-03-24 21:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by holdontowhatyouhave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The Genesis account Chapter 1 shows that he created and made and "then saw that [it was] good."* The implication is that of after the fact, that it was good.
Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18*..
God is spelled with capital 'G' unless refering to lessor god(s)
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2007-03-24 21:16:55 · answer #5 · answered by mygrandmaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God knows us so well that he knows what we are going to do before we do it. We can't fool him because he knows when we are going to try and be unpredictable. He can see the future because he knows exactly how everyone is going to respond to each situation.
It is free-will because he is not controling us.
2007-03-24 21:10:36 · answer #6 · answered by childofGOD 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
EXACTLY.
1) God knows the future with infallible certainty.
2) Nothing can be done to contradict the perfect knowledge of God.
3) God is powerless to do that which contradicts his perfect knowledge.
4) God is all powerful... and yet powerless....
5) We have a problem.
2007-03-24 21:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
When you go to work in the morning, and make a right at that light, you knew you would. Is that free will?
2007-03-24 21:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by neil s 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is just like that paradox with the unmovable rock and omni-potent-able-ism-whatever. It's not.
2007-03-24 21:05:45 · answer #9 · answered by Blackbird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we are all just a bunch of toy soldiers for him! he occasional sends a plague, a war, a tsunami or a root canal surgery to make things more interesting to watch us struggle!
2007-03-24 21:10:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋