I've posted this question 4 times and it didn't show up, why?
The question was, Do you believe we have free will? Why or why not?
2007-08-01 08:29:06 · 18 answers · asked by Hateful Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Maybe your answers could have reasons along with them. Go ahead and get detailed.
2007-08-01 08:33:21 · update #1
Sorry, I was incorrect, they finally showed up. Almost 10 minutes after they were asked, and therefore at the bottom of the list or on the next page.
2007-08-01 09:32:13 · update #2
Yes, because I didn't have to answer your question.
2007-08-01 08:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
Yes we do.
I believe that when someone physically attacks me because of their religion they have made a choice.
I then have to make a choice about how to deal. I can do what my mind says is right and take it like a good little pacifist, I can get help so I'm still extracting vengeance via other people, or I can do what I can to neutralize/avoid the threat as my brother says.
I have free will to love you or hate you.
â¥Blessed Beâ¥
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2007-08-01 15:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course we have free will, if we didn't then I wouldn't be a believer or your wouldn't be an atheist. We are given the option to believe or not to believe, to follow or not to follow. Here is the difference, if you are an atheist you don't believe there is a God or a Devil, but Christians believe there is a God and Satan, Satan also knows there is a good and refuses to follows God. which is free will. God even gave his angels free will.
2007-08-01 15:36:50 · answer #3 · answered by Deb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not with the media culture we have.
I mean technically we do, but we are all good little troopers in the big scheme of things. We just listen and parrot what we are told.
Pay your taxes, support the war, Jesus is a blonde, truth, justice, "God damned immigrants taking away that toilet cleaning job from my daughter Jenny", etc.
2007-08-01 15:33:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ofcourse we do. We always had free will. That's how we got into this mess in the first place. Eve chose to eat the fruit as did apple. God put the tree there in the middle of the garden and told them not to touch or they would die. They disobeyed and touched. They chose to eat the fruit even though God told them not to.
2007-08-01 15:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by blesssedservant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since it didn't show up 3 of the times you posted it, yet you continued to post it anyway, then doesn't that sort of give an answer to your question?
2007-08-01 15:32:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course. Putting the Bible aside for a moment, look how many people choose to do good, and how many choose to do evil. It seems self-evident to me.
Of course, I also agree with Michelle R: God created man with free will.
2007-08-01 15:31:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we have it, but most people aren't willing to face the consequences of using it when the choice goes against there government or religious laws.
2007-08-01 15:34:01 · answer #8 · answered by StormyC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a human concept, so you're free to choose whether you have it or not.
There's no knockout answer, people have argued and generated millions of words to no positive conclusion.
I think, yes and no.
2007-08-01 15:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by hog b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course we have free will. You wanted to post the question and you did.
2007-08-01 15:31:57 · answer #10 · answered by jdecorse25 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I feel free to do pretty much as I please somewhat within the guidelines of the law of the land. Who is to say otherwise? Let him or her step forward or forever hold their peace.
AEN
2007-08-01 15:35:12 · answer #11 · answered by Grendel's Father 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋