Why do unbelievers think God gave us freewill?

Answer 1

I don't believe that he exists, let alone bestowed free will on us.

But I will give it a shot from the premise that he does:

God, an all knowing being, created Lucifer, and knew that he would descent and cause sin. He chose to create him anyway.

He then created Adam, then Eve, and placed them in paradise, but also created the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in there with them. They hadn't eaten from the tree, therefore couldn't decipher right from wrong. God placed the serpent in the Garden, so that he could tempt Adam and Eve, and low and behold he did. God understood that Eve wasn't equipped to withstand temptation, because she didn't know good from evil, so when she ate the fruit, he had a knowledge of the future, and also knew she couldn't defend herself, but chose to punish mankind, as a result, anyway.

In order for Freewill to exist, God required Evil, because in order to choose, we need to have a choice. So God created Lucifer, and placed him in the Garden to tempt Eve so that you and I would have the ability to choose between him and his creation, Lucifer.

He then built some rules around this free will choice.

1. If you choose God, then you get to live for eternity in Heaven, praising God.

2. If you choose his creation, Lucifer, then you will be tortured forever in fire.

He also decided to break off, direct communication with most of mankind, so that the choice wasn't one sided, and so that his creation Lucifer, would have a better chance of influencing us. Keep in mind the result of giving in to his creation, is eternal torture.

Free will, doesn't exist as the loving theory posed by most Christian beliefs. If the Bible is true, then Free Will is a situation created by God, that allows for mankind to be tortured forever, for not having enough proof of God's existence or mis-understanding his true nature and will.

God created Satan, and thus evil, the free will choice is to worship him forever, without proof of his existence or to burn in hell for ever. There is nothing free about it.

Answer 2

I AM a believer....and if you are in the human race, then you have been given freewill by God.

I just read responses...for those of you who are like 'hell or heaven', or whatever and saying that's not much of a freewill choice. Well....when you start to walk across a busy intersection, you have the freewill to stop and see if traffic is coming, or just don't look and walk right out and take the risk of getting killed. Your choice. You make the choice you want. Same thing. Free will means YOU CHOOSE, and that occurs everyday....you CHOOSE many things each day. That's freewill. Think about it.

Answer 3

For many thousands of years before Religion, the lifestyle of the people demanded freewill. Without it you perished. Everyday was a new battle to survive. No freewill was death sentence. Religion doesn't want you know the History of Civilization. You don't know what you are missing.

Answer 4

Is that what unbelievers really think? I would have to disagree. I think it is us believers who know for sure that God has given us freewill to either accept or reject his plan for our lives. How are you doing by the way?

Answer 5

"Unbelievers" don't think god gave you anything, because we don't think there is a god. I think believers came up with this to use as an excuse whenever something really bad happens.
You certainly are stumped, smallz. We don't blame things on a being in which we do not believe. What we will do is throw the tired "free will" argument back at people like you when you are unable to explain how your loving, wonderful god allowed people to fly planes into buildings on 9/11, for example, or allowed a kid to murder over a dozen people at Virginia Tech, etc. etc. etc. "Free will, free will." Yeah, right.

Answer 6

That became into precisely my thinking when I left Christianity as a teenager and remained agnostic for many, some years. The messiah and the afterlife isn't the optimal emphasis as that's in Christianity. Christianity's purpose is eternal bliss interior the afterlife on an identical time as non-believers burn in eternal hearth. The emphasis in Judaism is our habit right here in the worldwide. The purpose is to stay an entire life of righteousness and to repair relationships. Our movements are what is going to convey with regards to the messiah who will lead us to ordinary peace in the worldwide -- SHALOM -- the purpose of Judaism is SHALOM for each individual, in spite of religion, faith, or lack thereof. sure, Christianity claims to have branched off from Judaism, yet their "branch" created the assumption-approximately unique sin this skill that all human beings is condemned to eternal torment because of the fact of Adam & Eve. with no human blood sacrifice, no person might properly be "stored." it is not Judaism!!!!! there is not any place of eternal torment in Judaism!!!!! Reform Jew-with the aid of-selection! .

Answer 7

As I have stated before we learn about God and his desires, character and goodness not just by scripture, but also by the natural things of this earth. We know we have a free will because we have one. It is something all men do and that is to choose their life styles and their wants. We then can look to scripture where we can see them hinting to the fact that we have a choice without outside force.
Romans 12:1 ¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
(Corralating the will with the mind.)
Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemini; "Not my will but thy will be done." (showing he had a choice, a free will to do what was best for mankind or to choose his own fears.)

Answer 8

because deep down in every man, woman and child is the fundimental idea of god, i think most people who say they dont beleive in god are just scared to admit that they do because, if they did they might feel compelled to have to do the right thing and they dont want to, just let a nonbeleiver get hurt or come close to death and see who they call out for first, it will either be oh GOD or oh S**T

Answer 9

Uh, if you're an unbeliever in God then you DON'T think God gave us free will, because. . .

Well, never mind. I think the logic will escape you.

Answer 10

If they are unbelievers they don't believe in God. So they don't think God gave us anything as he doesn't exist.