What is God doing by giving us FREE WILL so we can try to convince others that there is no God?

Question

***What gives?

Answer 1

He is such a fair God isn't he? He gives everybody a choice.
If you choose to do evil with your free will that's up to you.He will not stop you. However their will be a price to pay for that free will someday, so be careful what you do with it.

Answer 2

People don't generally need convincing that there is no god, they do,

however, require convincing that there is a god. If god was obvious and not the subject of faith, there would be no need for the trappings, cajoling and downright bullying of organised religions.

Answer 3

God gave us laws to abide by but it's our choice ultimately if we are going to follow them or not. We don't really have a free will we are suppose to have total faith in God and live according to His plan. Of course God isn't going to force anybody to follow His plan because we are responsible for our actions.

Answer 4

belief without choice isn't worth much...

just the reason that Plato has the Athenian Stranger give in "the laws" -- that we should actually *teach* our children arguments against god in order that they come to believe in the best way possible

there's no excellence in blind belief, free will or not

A little philosophy inclineth man·s mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men·s minds about to religion.
---Francis Bacon

Answer 5

Doesn't matter. The most important part is free will. And as long as we have that, there's no way to tell for sure.

Answer 6

Maybe it was not god that gave you free will. Maybe everything has free will, and some people chose to say "god" gave it to us,

Answer 7

'Atheism, as the denial of this unreality, has no longer any meaning, for atheism is a negation of God, and postulates the existence of man through this negation; but socialism as socialism no longer stands in any need of such a mediation. It proceeds from the theoretically and practically sensuous consciousness of man and of nature as the essence. Socialism is man’s positive self-consciousness, no longer mediated through the abolition of religion, just as real life is man’s positive reality, no longer mediated through the abolition of private property, through communism. '

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/comm.htm

Because eternity is private property and time has no purpose having nothing going on in it....


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Erickson

Stage One Oral-Sensory: from birth to one, trust vs. mistrust, feeding;
Stage Two Muscular-Anal: 1-3 years, autonomy vs. doubt, toilet training;
Stage Three Locomotor: 3-6 years, initiative vs. inadequacy, independence;
Stage Four Latency: 6-12 years, industry vs. inferiority, school;
Stage Five Adolescence: 12-18 years, identity vs. confusion, peer relationships;
Stage Six Young Adulthood: 18-40 years, intimacy vs. isolation, love relationships;
Stage Seven Middle Adulthood: 40-65 years, generativity vs. stagnation, parenting;
Stage Eight Maturity: 65 years until death, integrity vs. despair, acceptance of one's life.


The Erikson life-stage virtues, in the order of the stages in which they may be acquired, are:

hope
will
purpose
competence
fidelity
love (in intimate relationships, work and family)
caring
wisdom'


Why would I need so badly to prove God does not exist. If there be such a being as could be a God, would such a person have such insecurities in their existence. No, so why should my ontological security be found upon non-being.