I hear a lot of Christians say that since God loves us so much he gave us free will so we could choose to be with him in heaven or to not be with him and go to hell.Basically we can choose between good and evil.Again my question comes from Genesis and the story of th tree of knowledge. It was the devil who tempted adam and eve into eating from the tree and thus they gained knowledge of good and evil. Now, one cannot make a choice in one direction when they only know about the choices in another (You cannot choose a hot dog over a burger if you have no knowledge of the existence of hot dogs). Before eating from the tree of knowledge adam and eve had no knowledge of good and evil and therefore would not be able to make a choice between one or the other. Since without choice there's no free will and the devil tempted adam and eve into eating from the tree thus giving them knowledge of the choices they could make (good and evil) couldn't it be said that the devil gave us free will not god?
2007-06-08 17:12:08 · 12 answers · asked by MoonWater 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God gave Adam and Eve free will; they could choose whether to obey him or disobey him by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. By eating from the tree, Adam and Eve were choosing to be "like God." It is a sin to try to make yourself equal to God. In fact, that's the reason Satan was cast out of heaven. Satan has no say in whether or not man can choose whatever he wants. God, who has authority over everything in the universe, granted man free will. If he didn't, no angel (meaning Lucifer) would have the power to give a man free will. Indeed, God has authority over Satan, but he allows him to do what he does because Satan is the "prince of this world," and it is only by the fallen nature of man that he has any rule at all.
2007-06-08 17:33:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 21:18:31 · answer #2 · answered by crandall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave us free will from the start. Eating from the forbidden tree(of knowledge) just helped Adam and Eve to have the knowledge that they were naked and needed to be covered. Eve used her free will to pick the fruit even though she wasn't supposed to.
2007-06-08 17:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by julie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave man the ability to have freewill.
satan only made an offer to rebel against God.
Kind of like a "dealer" offering you a deal on something to help you feel better.You decide Y/N.
2007-06-08 17:21:56 · answer #4 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they didn't already have free will they could not have freely chosen to accept what the devil offered them. They knew what God had required of them and that's all they needed to know. It's also all we need to know.
2007-06-08 17:23:01 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Devil never did have free will .IT/He only knows how to lie. He/It does and only knows evil only. Read on Genesis. Remember the part He/It says YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD........ Hope I answer your question.
2007-06-08 17:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by Kingdomchild07 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say neither - because I credit neither for human consciousness. So we've only ourselves to blame. Confronting that might make us take responsibility for what we do, observe the consequences, and mend our ways. Fat chance, while there's someone or something else available to blame.
2007-06-08 18:27:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they were told by God not to eat the fruit they did and felt guilty as soon as they desobeyed the Lord. when we sin we know it because of the law but there are things which are against nature and we know it right away
2007-06-08 17:20:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't the notion of the devil giving us free will fly in the face of "The devil MADE me do it?"
2007-06-08 17:17:39 · answer #9 · answered by edthespartan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be the only deity in Christian mythology insane enough to grant such power to humans.
2007-06-08 17:19:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋