why does God give us the change to choose wether we want to kill someone or not, would a father of his children (mankind) allow the risk that someone can kill an other person? why did God gave us free will knowing that we will abuse that gift?
2007-10-21 23:41:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
JOH 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
2007-10-21 23:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Let us a hypothetical example. Your mother and father bring you up in all the right way. Somewhere along the line you choose to join a gang and end up killing someone. The parents were not able to save their son from the life he chose, yet they will still love him. Unconditional love. If we didn't have free will we would be completely controlled and have to do everything this one way. We are unique individuals who chooses right or wrong, in our own heads, and then we receive the consequences. By those consequences we either learn a very good lesson and continue trying to be the best we can be and growing - or we choose the same path and have to learn to same lessons, over and over again.
God, I am sure, like any parent would, hopes that we following his teachings and choose the loving way to live but if we don't, he loves us enough to let us make our own mistakes. That is what I did with my children and have no regrets whatsoever, because I love them unconditionally and I see each one of them as special and unique. How could God not feel the same way!
2007-10-22 00:44:16 · answer #2 · answered by Maureen S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible tells us that "none are good, no not one."
Also "the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked...."
We are wicked. It is in our human nature. It takes more energy and thought into being good than to be bad. Take the good Samaritan for example.
He could have selfishly walked past the man on the road like the others did and gone on his way and that would have taken no effort.
But, he chose to stop. He took his time cleaning the mans wounds, talking to him, putting him on his donkey(I think it was a donkey) and taking him to a nearby motel and paying for the motel himself.
This showed tremendous effort.
The wickedness of man is what causes suffering to others.
But, if God did not give us free will then we would not have made the decision to love Him with our own hearts.
It would have been like we were robots and we automatically made that decision.
That is not what God wanted. He wants us to make the decision to love Him, because we truly want to, not because He forced us to.
2007-10-22 00:17:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have to be able to deal with the consequences of their actions in this world. God can not be doing the work for them. God would like us to be responsible, and deal with the problems of the world, not ignor them and allow abusive conditions, grow to the point, people loose control of their moral judgement and kill someone. God is tough, he expect us to be able to deal with tough problem concerning life and death. Everyone is going to die, Hopefully before that happen they have done something, they can be proud of, and feel good about. If we want to have less forms of brutal death of all forms, we need to elevate our morality with God's help. If we want not to be a victum, we must make ourselves as strong as possible spiritually, so that, with God's help, we can lessen the odds. And if you are strong enough spiritually, you will be able to handle, what ever struggle is placed in your path.
2007-10-22 00:00:05 · answer #4 · answered by astrogoodwin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free will is not conditional. It is by our free choice that we even came into this material existence in the first place, and it is free choice that we are exercising consistently. Of course, our choice is affected and clouded by various factors, but the basic freedom is there. If God were to restrict our choice in any way, we would not be independent beings and our free will would be nonexistent. Anyone who does kill another, will, of course, have to experience being killed him/herself at some point, because every action in the material world (similar to Newton's 3rd law) has an equal and opposite reaction. Everything we do is up to us, but has a result. Just remember that you are not this body; you are a soul, and the soul cannot be slain.
2007-10-21 23:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by djb 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Right, this is my opinion......
Well, God doesn't 'allow' things, he created humans and a place for us to live then left us to our own devices until our end! If he stopped all the nasty things happening in the world how could he judge who is and is not fit to enter the kingdom of heaven? And i would imagine that if we did not have 'free will' (have you been watching bruce almighty?) then he would get rather tired of running our lives.
Think of Adam and Eve - he set down the rules, and tested them to see if they were worthy of the garden. I reckon it's like that.
XxX
PS. I called God a 'he' throughough. May be a she.
2007-10-21 23:49:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In regards to this problem, I see 3 basic possibilities:
1. God doesn't want people to kill each other, but he is powerless or too apathetic to stop it.
2. God wants people to kill each other, so he allows us to do so.
3. God doesn't exist.
2007-10-21 23:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why must God always get blamed for death. Compare the these two verses and decide for yourself.
God says: God loves you and we love you and care about you. Jesus said “I have come to give you life and life more abundantly” John 10:10.
Jesus warns us about Satan.... "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." (John 10:10-11)
Satan (the thief) works in a very specific way. He has a set plan--and he works it very effectively. If we look thoughtfully, I believe we will see his wicked plans at work all around us.
His first tactic is to steal. What would he like to steal? Anything and everything that will lead you to Jesus--to Gods love. Satan steals love from people. If we will open our eyes we will see it everywhere around us. Broken families, abuse, hatred, cruelty, murder. The Enemy would like us to think that there is no love in the world. He would like to steal from us even the ability to love and be loved. There are so many hurting people in the world. So many who don't understand how to give or receive love. The devil will make you feel worthless as a human being--undeserving of love--incapable of receiving love. Why? For one reason--to separate us from God--after all, "God is love..."
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." (1John 4:8) "And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."(1John 4:16)
If the devil can incapacitate someone's love--they won't be able to know God...."He that loveth not knoweth not God;"
We can't know God unless we know and believe love--so if Satan can steal our love--or our ability to feel love, we won't be able to receive God, since God is love. The devil sets up abuse in our lives--he sets up pain, loneliness, rejection, abandonment. He has a multitude of ways that he will abuse us--but all with one goal in mind--to separate us from our ability to love and receive love--and therefore receive God. Every one of us has a broken heart. But there is someone who came to heal the broken hearted! To show us a greater love.....
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13)
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1John 4:9-10)
Jesus is the manifestation of God's love. He is the way to be healed. Jesus can heal our heart--restore our love. Jesus can give us back everything the devil has stolen. Listen. The biggest lie that the devil will tell you is that you suffered alone. This is not true! No matter where you were, no matter what happened to you. No matter how difficult things were. No matter how painful or lonely it was. No matter how great the abuse, the abandonment, the fear, or the violence was. No matter...... YOU WERE NOT ALONE! Jesus was with you! He stood with you, He suffered with you! He was touched with the feeling of your difficulties..the feeling--He knows what you went through because He felt it Himself--for you and with you....
Take Care
2007-10-21 23:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by INCOGNITO 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You still think God does this and that? Lets get real, take God out of the equation. God is non-existent. God is a creation of man and not the other way round...
2007-10-21 23:44:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
From the religious perspective:
Free Will
Because without given the option, they can't be judged.
..ps. I got a thumb down...please don't rate me low, just because I happen to be a christian as well.
2007-10-21 23:53:51 · answer #10 · answered by SchmeeHee 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋