2007-07-13 03:43:55 · 25 answers · asked by bear 1977 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No.
I believe that God is an old superstition. There is too much evidence that all gods are man-made and none to suggest that any of them really exist.
I also believe, based on existing evidence, that the universe is fairly non-deterministic. Except in fairly controlled environments at a sufficiently macro levels, it is difficult to predict anything.
2007-07-13 03:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God has a plan for every persons life. But not all people follow that plan. Even the Apostle Paul, writing in Romans 12:2, says we can know "the good, the acceptable, and the perfect will of God". So there is more than one "will" or plan for our lives.
Anytime we step out of the perfect plan, it is called "sin". It takes us off course from God's plan and usually into trouble. That is why he so often warns us against it.
But at anytime we can turn around, and start back towards his plan for us. It is what the Bible calls "repentence". Anytime we do it, God begins right there where we are and plots out a new plan for the rest of out lives.
But it is up to us to decide to walk in it.
2007-07-13 10:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Interesting question. If there is a God (I believe not) he must be all-knowing which means he knows every 'choice' you will make. Therefore everything you do is pre-determined and free will does not exist.
I think this is a strong argument against the existence of God as it implies some people being born and destined to go to Hell. You can't choose to be good, you can only do what God knows you will end up doing. Either God doesn't exist or he must be such a bastard he is indistinguishable from Satan and not worthy of worship.
2007-07-13 10:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Huw 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not only do I think God has already planned out what will happen in my life before I was born, but He planned it out before the foundation of the world was laid:
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, - 2 Timothy 1:9.
The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. - Revelation 17:8.
2007-07-13 10:58:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. First off, I don't believe in a single God ruling us all. Second, people have free will to make something of or waste their life and talents. They have been given talents and life, but it's up to them what they do with it. Third, I do believe that you meet the people you meet in your life because your paths are supposed to cross...
I'm sure there is a reason why I always meet people who either need help or who are in a very powerful position in certain fields that I - as chance would it - want to make it big in.
2007-07-13 10:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
GOD KNOW me before i was born .GOD WHO KNOWS THE BEGINNING AND THE END and has planned my life before i was born
2007-07-13 11:00:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I cannot imagine why God would make automata that think they are genuinely conscious and making decisions, when that in fact is not the case, we are just players in a movie the script of which was written long before.
The main place in the Bible that would seem to be at odds with that is the Book of Daniel, but most scholars regard it as a pseudo-prophecy written in light of the events it predicts, rather than a genuine prediction. And so nothing in the Bible requires one to disbelieve in the existence of freewill.
2007-07-13 10:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No God did not plan your life out... YOU did.. we all choose our sorrows and joys long before we experience them...we are the ones in control of our lives!
2007-07-13 11:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by dawnsmysticalwonders 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) G-d has given you free will. This means that you are free to choose between good and evil. As in the Book of Deuteronomy:
"[...] I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live [...]" (Deut. 30:19) [1]
2) G-d knows beforehand what will be your choices.
2007-07-13 11:01:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I think there are some major events that are predetermined, but our reactions cannot be predestined, so the ultimate outcome is a variable. I still maintain we have freewill.
2007-07-13 10:49:29 · answer #10 · answered by randyken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋