If the awnser is yes, justify it
If the awnser is no, than what are the chains that bind you?
2007-07-03 08:19:14 · 37 answers · asked by Emiliano M. 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh man...
I was not talking specificly about the christian meaning of freedom or anything, it was a open question whitout any barriers.
Of course, i got some ofensive awnsers from atheists. ah well...
2007-07-03 08:27:17 · update #1
YES, by the grace of God I am free....justified
and NO, by my own self esteem and wrong thinking...I find the chains of my own insecurities working daily if I let them. Only when I realize what God has done for me all my life and how I am so blessed...I realize just how free I really am! And I Praise God for it everyday!!!
2007-07-03 08:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by rowdysunsetart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am a free person. I am a Christian, but I would not live any differently if I were atheist. I would still follow The Ten Commandments to the best of my ability because that is my choice.
I like living according to my morals.
I can do anything I want to do. I choose not to break the law.
I have never felt as if I were a prisoner to anything or anyone. I am bound by no chains.
2007-07-03 08:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I may feel free, I have found that there are many invisible chains that do bind me. Society is one, for example, I tend to walk around my house naked and generally sleep in the nude because I am comfortable the most when naked. Even though I feel like I would be most productive while naked, I don't feel free to live my daily life in the nude.
In order to travel it cost money to do so. Even though I want to travel to India, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, I am not able to do so because I do not have the money. To get the money I have to work. If I am working, then I don't have the time to take off in order to travel.
I feel torn, because I am a firm believer in free will. I feel like I can do whatever I want to, but with some actions, there are consequences. Or actions do have a reaction. Most of our actions effect other people; family, lovers, friends, co-workers, etc.
I have learned to try to live my life for happiness and that may be a compramise of making decisions for other people and making decisions for myself.
2007-07-03 08:39:32 · answer #3 · answered by Rachael C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm free to consider this question; free to answer it. No justification is needed for that kind of freedom.
I'm free to live my life to the degree that health and wealth permit, and family commitments, and work contracts. We chose more often than not to 'bind' ourselves with such 'chains'. No justification is needed for any of that.
I think I'm free in my mind, but the years are teaching me that nothing could be further from the truth. I'm in bondage to self, and sin, and deceptions of various hues. No sooner do I think I've set myself free from one set of chains than I discover there's another set. Only by confessing the true state of my sinful self can I be set free by Christ, whose forgiveness and love casts my sinful self into the grave. I willingly become a bond-slave to Christ that I might be set free, as ancient slaves were when they chose to stay with their master. By giving away, I gain. That's freedom!
2007-07-03 09:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - I am not free.
Depending on the time of day and the amount of business, I am between $15-25 per hour. I am a professional baker and I do bake for people in their homes, teach classes, etc...
Thanks for asking!
2007-07-03 08:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by yarn whore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel I am.
I'm free to make my own choices, and with that responsibility, I'm accountable for my actions and their results. I think, if there's a God, that's all He wants us to do is think for ourselves and not just live like robots that have been programmed with a ton of data from a book that is no longer in it's original form anymore, after thousands of years, and from that they have to obey on threat of eternal damnation.
I don't worship anything every day and let it take over my every waking thought because I believe, if there's a God, he's not THAT insecure and childish that he needs little ants bowing down and fawning before Him/Her. (and I also believe HE/She possesses the good of both genders). I think He/She is just happy in the creation He made and in watching it grow and change, some for the better.
Often, I catch myself thinking a mean thought and I'll think, "Whoa! That was bi*tchy!" And I'll change my ideas about that. That's what I think God would want us to do. Use our heads in daily activities, and be proud of our improvements as we make them. We have a lot on our plate, so to speak, as human beings, and a medley of choices to consider every day. Sometimes we screw up ... sometimes we do good. I think a God would delight in watching the billions of individual lives at his feet and revel in our transformations from malleable child to moral and ethical adult.
That's just what I think. Peace!
2007-07-03 08:41:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I'm Free, I'm Atheist
There is no invisible higher power peering into my mind making my decisions for me, I make them all myself
I dont have to pray to God for help when times are tough, because I am strong enough to handle things myself.
I dont need to read a book to know right from wrong, It's common sense.
I don't need An invisible being to love me...I have my Family...at least they're around
2007-07-03 08:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by Christina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I am free. Those whom the master has freed are free in deed. Jesus is my master, but he has made me a servant. Therefore I CHOOSE to serve my Lord who has freed me from the bondage of sin. For there is no greater gift than the love he showed for me, when he gave his life so that I can be free.
2007-07-03 08:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by nª†hªn 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I'm not free... What chains bind me you ask??? The ring on my finger... and I wouldn't take these chains off if you gave me a welder...
2007-07-03 08:26:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God gives humans the opportunity to make choices that genuinely affect their destiny, and because of this I would conclude that I am "free" to choose
2007-07-03 08:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by Silver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋