Many people say that we have free will and this will is running our life. Where is the free will of a kid that born only to die from starvation?
2007-06-30 12:20:52 · 18 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Where is the free will in that situation?
It's in the child's parents.
It's in the community that the child lives in.
It's in the government officials where the child lives.
It's in the rest of us for allowing that to happen.
It's in YOU for posting a nonsensical question like this instead of doing what you can to make sure that the child you refer to doesn't starve.
And yes, it's even in me for not doing everything that I can.
2007-06-30 12:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure you completely grasp the theological concept of Free Will. Starvation is caused by humanity, the weather, lack of concern for others. These are acts of Nature and atrocities of Man. Free Will is a completely different issue. One that states that God invites humanity to have an intimate relationship with God. If you don't have a choice to accept or reject that invitation, it cannot be defined as a freely-entered relationship. Man can choose to refuse, can do terrible things that cause starvation. The cycle of Nature doesn't concern itself with the movements of Man. (Although Global Warming and the weather problems it causes is definitely our fault again) A starving child is the result of weather (man-made or otherwise) and poor choices made by other humans-but certainly not the child's parents in almost all cases. Therefore, I'm not sure how these two issues co-inside. Does this infant have an opportunity to practice it's Free Will given to it by God? No, due to OTHER forces it was never given that chance.
2007-06-30 19:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Not Your Muse 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This does not neccessarily fall on free will. While we do have free will there are also things that fall out of our control. Famine is one of these things. These children you speak about are not starving because of their own decisions, rather it is because of someone else's decisions (ie. governments).
You must keep in mind also that the Bible speaks of 'time and unforseen occurence' as a cause to many of our problems...
"I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the wise also have the food, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor; because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all." Ecclesiastes 9:11.
2007-06-30 19:29:46 · answer #3 · answered by Audrey O 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The free will was that of the soul that choose to be born in the body of that child destined to die of starvation.
Why did that soul choose that life? To gain knowledge or to help another soul here is why, in my opinion.
It explains a lot about the circumstances of this world when you consider that each of us chose our parents and many of our life experiences before we decided to come here for this life.
2007-06-30 19:31:54 · answer #4 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The free will decisions that lead to such tragedies lie in the fact that 5% of the world's people make free will decisions to use 80% of the world's goods. Not everything that happens to a person is his own choice of free will. Often it is the result of other persons' choices of free will.
2007-06-30 19:27:24 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kids and people dying of starvation is at the hand of man kind and their greed. Like in certain parts of Africa, how many starving government officials have you heard of? None. They control the food. Nations , such as the United States, ships boat loads of food to these starving people, and their governments either confiscate it or allow it to rot in the harbor. Dont blame God for the greed of man kind.
2007-06-30 19:27:13 · answer #6 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The free will is only a label that humans try to put on an unreachable idea. Really it should be called "kinda free will" because your point illustrates that we cannot "will" ourselves out of starvation.
My question to you then is, when do you believe that free will becomes an active decision in our lives?
2007-06-30 19:25:38 · answer #7 · answered by sunscour 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a tragedy caused by our (society's) collective free-will. There is plenty of food on the earth to feed all of the children on it, yet we spend so much time arguing over our differences and trying to exert our own "national powers," that we allow people to starve to death. We allow people to die from AIDS, because we do not bother to share valuable information on how the disease is spread, and only the richest people on the planet have access to effective medical treatments.
No it is not the children's free-will. No one would choose to starve to death.
By the way, I am a Christian and I do help feed the hungry in my local community... Do you?
Edit: Free-will refers to our ability to freely choose how to live our lives. Do we obey God, or choose to live life without Him.
If it meant that we could choose how our life could go, that would in essence mean we are our own gods, and determine the entire "story" of our lives. This is not the case.
2007-06-30 19:25:17 · answer #8 · answered by Mel W 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am reminded of the late great Sam Kennison when I think of this...
Hellooooo, there is sand in the desert....There is no food there because nothing grows in the sand....How about packing up your thatch hut and moving to a place that has grass and rain????
2007-06-30 19:34:04 · answer #9 · answered by AlleycatJo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
there are many evil and misguided people in the world.
A child isn't choosing to starve. Some adult is choosing to let or force the child starve.
It's disgusting and it must stop
blessings (((((((sailcat))))))) :)
2007-06-30 19:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋