2007-06-27 04:17:18 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
2007-06-27 04:18:57 · answer #1 · answered by God 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You know, I personally could care less about Satan. I am not even sure that he really exists and isn't just a symbol of man's decision to do things that harms himself and others. If he does exist, and free will exists as well, then Satan is irrelevant. You are right that free will is about choices. You always have a choice between good and evil. Doesn't even matter if there is a devil or God or not.
2007-06-27 04:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. Free will is choice. god and Satan are the names of the influences we have created to understand the forces of good and evil and our perceptions of good and evil. Satan and god have nothing to do with free will other then being the "reason" people use to explain the unexplainable human will. We are creators of our reality, so if you create a reality with god and Satan, then your willing them to exist, to you. you always ask good questions!! Peace and Love!!
2007-06-27 10:18:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Free will is the ability to make choices that bring us closer to God or farther way from Him. Satan doesn't care what we do as long as we aren't going towards God.
2007-06-27 04:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by LDS~Tenshi~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Free will is your choice between God's idea for your life or your idea for your life. I love God but I can punch somebody out of my own free will. Doesnt mean I choose the devil...i still choose God but I decide to go the other way in that situation. God wants us to choose to love him and serve him. He doesnt want us to walk around like robots.
2007-06-27 04:22:40 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Essentially, yes. It's a choice, between God, and, not God. Being as God is the definition of absolute goodness, then not choosing God, is evil by default.
2007-06-27 04:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by Joshua B 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In an "All-Knowing God's world, no.
In a world where God posseses ignorance: Yes.
Since God is All-knowing, He possesses absolute foreknowledge---which means He knows what you are going to do long before He said, "Let there be you". So, freewill is a myth in an All-knowing God's world.
In addition, since God is all-knowing and doesn't create souls that upset him--no. It's not like God didn't know at the time he created your soul(s) what was going to happen during your life...."freewill" included. So, if you are born, he must not have had a complaint--else, He wouldn't have created you---*duh*. No complaint means no condemnation.
Now, I get alot of abuse complaints from evil, vindictive people who want to believe the opposite of "God is All-Knowing, so:
2007-06-27 04:19:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Free Will is a choice between someone doing right or wrong.... its up to you..God lets YOU decide whether you want to do what's right, or wrong. he doesn't decide for you, and neither does satan...
2007-06-27 04:30:33 · answer #8 · answered by tweetybird37406 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
free will?
if satan controlled the earth
There would be no Free will
he would make us Control us
to do what we were supposed
to do, it sounds good but then
we would never learn right
from wrong
Christs,
free will
is when we got to chose wich plan we liked
christ was to have free will LEARN right from wrong
and you chose christs because you are hear on earth right now with a body if you chose satans you wsould be down in hell and have no body sadly but its true 1 /3 of his ppl went down to hell
FREE WILL was like that also we chose what plan we liked
2007-06-27 04:22:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never thought of it that way, I guess you could say that. You are not exactly choosing to follow Satan by not following God. However you are choosing between life and death....
2007-06-27 04:20:22 · answer #10 · answered by jonester80 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So when I make breakfast in the morning, God is rooting for toast and Satan is pushing me to the Egg McMuffin?
2007-06-27 04:21:04 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋