of free will make God a machine? A robot that can make no mistakes?
Kindly use your mind to think before you reply.
2007-05-29 16:23:09 · 9 answers · asked by Davie 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Man only thinks that he has free will. Every decision that any individual makes is only a product of infinitely many environmental factors that have been in play since his birth. All of those factors were created by factors before them. Everything that happens had to have happened exactly the way it did.
2007-05-29 16:35:30 · answer #1 · answered by lajollajuicebox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes man has a free will to make mistakes. But do u think this freedom is a good one? Because u cannot escape the consequences after making mistakes. Even if u escape the consequences in ur lifetime u cannot escape from god after death when u would be rewarded for ur mistakes.
That means god is keeping a watch on u inspite of ur freedom to make mistakes. We are answerable to god.
But god is not answerable to anybody because he does not commit any mistake because he has no need to do. He is perfect because he is aware of the past ,present and future and he is not effected by the human temptations and his paradise is so perfect that he need not commit any mistakes to acheive any material things.
So there is no question of god lacking anything.
2007-05-29 23:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Sunflower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if God was perfect but the creation of the world was accomplished by man? A Course in Miracles teaches that the world was created by the children of God after they believed in the illusion that they were separate from God. The pain and suffering in the world is a direct consequence of our acting out of guilt and fear. It teaches that we live in an illusion of our own making, and that we must "awaken from the dream" to remember that we never left God in the first place. When that realization happens, the world we created will cease to exist and we will only recognize that we dwell with God. It is called "a journey without distance to a goal that has never changed". In this case, God would be perfect. The opening words in the introduction to the text is this:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
A Course in Miracles is an entirely different scenario than that taught by Christian religions. If you are invested in a traditional Christian religion, it may not be a suitable read. If you have an open mind, you might find it very interesting. Another good book to read after you have finished a Course in Miracles is The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard. It helps to clarify some of the writings in A Course in Miracles.
2007-05-29 16:49:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rikki 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free will to make a choice not to make mistake. However. if in your choice you made a wrong judgement, then it is your fault because you did not make a right one.
You are still free however to correct it or let it just be and move on.
Be thankful he did not make you a robot like a blind follower.
Be glad you can even ask this kind of question otherwise, you will not even have the right to live the way you do. It is your mind you are not using when you try to put God in your level.
2007-05-29 16:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God gave man "free will" to make his own mistakes. Yes God is perfect - how does that make God lacking in free will? He made man in his own image. Adam had 2 wives - the first one was turned into a "harpy" type creature devouring her young. The second was Eve. The mother of the human race. Read your Bible and you may understand more. Don't forget it was man who decided which books to include and not.
2007-05-29 16:40:16 · answer #5 · answered by suzdav68 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, he isn't a robot. According to the Bible, Jesus was born to live a perfect life. He did. I'm not sure who says anything about a "free will", but we are sinners at birth based solely upon the original sin of Adam and Eve. Yes, our free will gives us the choice to try to live the best life we can. We make mistakes because we are sinners. Jesus accepts us as we are and as long as we believe in him, we will go to heaven.
I'm sure that those who have turned their backs on the Bible or are part of the new wave of "feel good" churches that twist and turn their version of what was said in the Bible will have fun with my explanation - have at it guys! Thumbs down all over the place - I don't care!
2007-05-29 16:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs. Goddess 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm agnostic, but if I had to conceptualize God, He or She would be a bored preteen (with infinite wisdom and ability to either apply it or not) playing "The Sims". Only the game's based completely on free will, and we are the game. Does that make sense? We're the ants in the ant farm. I don't know about you, but I killed my ant farm--accidentally.
2007-05-29 16:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by Summer 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free will lacking freedom of action and thought without punishment, is no freedom at all. It is the way of sheep and the flock.
2007-05-29 17:32:09 · answer #8 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sry, im not religious but if he was perfect, why so many children die?
sorry just had to say that
good thing adam wasn't gay, then we wouldn't be here
2007-05-29 16:33:15 · answer #9 · answered by zTeve 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋