We have free will but not freedom from responsibility. Agree?

Answer 1

I totally agree.
... and I can even do so without a bible verse! :D

Answer 2

Human civilization needs the majority of citizens to behave responsibly in order to exist. I would argue that individuals should be interested in their government and responsible for their actions.

I would also argue that free will does not exist. It is an ideal. Both societal conditioning and genetic predisposition influence our choices. Nothing we do is every entirely on "free will."

Not that this is a problem. Instead, we have a certain level of freedom to accommodate our choices. This is different. So to change your quote:

We have some freedom and should behave responsibly to preserve it.

Answer 3

Agree.

" Truth does not limit freedom. On the contrary, freedom is the ordered to truth "

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Answer 4

Disagree we don't have to be responsible but the consequences are worse than taking the effort to be responsible. No one can be forced to do anything even with a gun to your head you CHOOSE to do what the person with the gun tells you because the consequence of doing whatever they wish is better than losing your life. Everything is a choice decided by what consequences will occur.

Answer 5

Absolutely ..." Be not deceived, God is not mocked : for what ever a man soweth , he shall also reap " Galatians 6:7 Proverbs 15:3 " The eyes of the Lord are every where beholding the evil and the good ".

Answer 6

Agree. We have the freedom to do what we want think what we want and suffer the consequences of those choices. And there are consequences for every choice. Good and bad.

Answer 7

Precisely. We are free to choose whatever course of action we like, but we would be foolish to expect that there be no consequences for that choice.

For example, some theist is going to read this and tell me that I've just made a case for believing in God or going to Hell. I was aware of that possiblity when I wrote my answer, but nonetheless, chose to write it, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.

Pure recklessness on my part, but that's the price you pay for free will.

Answer 8

Responsibility for the consequences of our acts of free will is necessary. Otherwise, what good would free will be?

Answer 9

Or WHAT?? We have freedom of will, period. If you are speaking of salvation, the Bible says.....John 3:16.

If you are speaking about the secular world, then we have to follow the rules, or we'll be punished; therefore, no one is totally free to do EVERYTHING they want if there are rules against it.

God is more forgiving than man's law.

Answer 10

Huh?
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

To HIM who we must give account.
This one is hard to explain seeing as I do not say free will. It does not speak of "free will" in the bible, but we are held responsible for our own actions......due to our own sinful nature, for we were all born into sin- those who are saved are not under the law anymore, and not in bondage of sin, but under the grace of God--however we are still weak to our flesh and make wrong choices......

Answer 11

Do we have free will? We have all been born in sin, " for that all have sinned," Romans 5/12. We are in bondage to sin.

Only Adam had free will.

Only Christ can set us free.