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-One of the first things that you've been taught is that God is all knowing right?? He knows EVERYTHING, therefore, he knows the past, present, and future. If he really wants us all to be saved, then why would he give us freewill, already knowing who is GOING TO MAKE THE WRONG CHOICE, AND WHO IS GOING TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE?( In other words, who in the end will go to hell, and who will go to heaven)
2007-07-21 15:41:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Point is, God knows the future, and already knows who will do wrong and who will do right in the end. Why would HE allow some people to go to hell and some to heaven, knowing that HE could PREVENT by NOT GIVING FREE WILL.
-"Just something for you all to think about, that's all"
2007-07-21 15:48:41 · update #1
"Groan >_<".. Some of You people are missing the point entirely without reading the details". I KNOW that he doesn't want robots and that he wants to give us choice.
- but the point is, why give us the choice, already knowing that some of us will choose right, or wrong?
2007-07-21 15:54:41 · update #2
Why would an omniscient god bother giving humans freewill, only to demand their worship knowing they will fall short? How can an omniscient god even have emotions when emotions are developed from human experience and he would know everything from the past, present and future. How could he get angry at our failings if he made us to fail. The whole thing sounds like being set up for a fall. It's illogical to me...a lowly human being...so it surely should be illogical to an all-knowing "god".
atheist
The Atheist Bible, it could be said, has but one word: "THINK." - Emmett Fields
2007-07-21 15:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Dear friend we are the only ones with free will.
The Father couldn't even comfort Christ on the cross after he took on our sins. Do you think he'll give preferential treatment to "special" people. God is bound by his own word and carefully defined his limits knowing the consequences.
God gave us life, and freewill, at grievous price.
Your actions are foreseen but not predetermined. God is outside time as you are outside a movie you've seen many times playing in your DVD player. You can't make Bambies mother not get shot and God can't make you not do evil.
Blessed Be!
2007-07-21 15:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by ♥Gnostic♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, let me say that God doesn't make mistakes. Now, the whole question of freewill is a topic of conversation for many generations of believers. Some say that the reason is because God didn't want automatons and wanted His creation to choose Him out of our freewill. Some will include predestination in the mix. I think its good to question and will encourage you to continue to dig deeper.
2007-07-21 15:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Response: GOD gave us freewill and He knows the future and it's your fault if you don't accept His Gift! He gave you a choice (obey him or suffer hideously) because He loves you and Hes perfect awesome super and great and He can't be wrong ever!!!!!1!1
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2007-07-21 15:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by The Wired 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you don't give people the freedom to make a choice, they can't choose to love you in return.
So even though He forekmew that may would reject Him, God still choose to give each of us the freedom to choose.
No mistake.
2007-07-21 15:48:56 · answer #5 · answered by Richard of Fort Bend 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is how I Rectify this Situation:
satan was in Heaven, he messed up
Adam and Eve was on Earth, they messed up
We got FreeWill, we mess up---seems like EveryTime GOD gives something a freewill it messes up.
What to do about a Family.
GOD Wants a Family!
What would YOU Do?
Dit==============to!
2007-07-21 15:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because, if we didn't have free will we'd just be like robots and we wouldn't really mean anything we said, because we would just have to say it without a choice. so, even though God knows, it's just to the choice is ours, it's kind of confusing...
2007-07-21 15:46:15 · answer #7 · answered by Runner_4_Him 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In life god gives us choices. He knows which ones we will make. He doesnt MAKE us go to hell. We choose it.
2007-07-21 15:59:36 · answer #8 · answered by ... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And remember when thy Lord brought forth from Adam's children - out of their loins - their offspring and made them bear witness against their ownselves saying, 'Am I not your Lord?' they said, 'Yea, we do bear witness.' This He did lest you should say on the Day of Resurrection, 'We were surely unaware of this.'
Holy Quran
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Because God wants us to be witnesses against our own selves, if God just places us in hell without testing us we will argue why why why. God knows this that is why he gives free will so we do not have excuses, and when people argue whith him on that day as to why did you place us in hell he will say here is your record.
2007-07-21 15:50:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We do the mistake when we use our freewill the wrong way, god is testing us,
2007-07-22 05:26:38 · answer #10 · answered by Nourhan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋