2007-10-29 04:09:22 · 17 answers · asked by Meat Bot 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh...I almost broke through this time. Some of you almost seem to slightly get it. I'll continue in this vein. So close...
2007-10-29 04:16:18 · update #1
we won't have freewill while sleeping thus we are not accountable.
2007-10-29 04:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by Happily Happy 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Quite an entertaining question, because if choices for God only happen when we are conscious, then the ability to make those decisions comes to about two thirds of our lives in order to have that "chance" for heaven. Now, when you take into account that we don't think about this 100% of the time anyway, we are further reduced to a few "snapshots" that will decide our eternity. This is Arminianism, versus Calvinism and God choosing -- and holding on to -- his own, not only in our waking and our sleeping hours, but from eternity to eternity. Granted, Arminians have "exceptions" of those who die before the age of reason, developmentally deficient adults, and in certain circles, a chance to accept after death for those who have never heard of Christ. Which leaves a division between those who are accountable and those who are not accountable. Again, no fair, if God is supposed to be fair and loving toward all. And for some, this even leads to universalism, where everyone is saved, and the Bible verses that have to do with hell are retranslated to mean something more comfortable.
Many other questions come into play when Arminianism is discussed, and if you do enough searching around Yahoo answers, you'll find that logic is not one of its better traits.
2007-10-29 16:44:53 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can answer this with a resounding NO! Nor are you responsible for what you dream. You are NOT in control then.
Dont worry about when you are sleeping, be a peace, God only holds us accountable for what we freely choose with our wills, and being asleep we are not free to choose.
2007-10-29 04:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I dream things sometimes that I would never do in real life. Sometimes in dreams I can recall trying to exert my free will upon my dream, and still, it turns out differently. I say no big deal. We are forgiven anyway, so I see no reason to worry over it.
AZ
2007-10-29 04:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by stargate_fruitloops 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, does anyone? Are we not "victims" of our imaginations when asleep? I know that I cannot control my dreams, nor can I force a dream upon myself.
2007-10-29 04:12:38 · answer #5 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One preacher in the church I used to go to said in the pulpit that God would hold us responsible for what we dream.
He is a nutjob!!!
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2007-10-29 04:12:35 · answer #6 · answered by Weird Darryl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will is the actions you take when awake. Your conscious choices.
2007-10-29 04:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...ever heard of lucid dreaming? That's where you are aware that you are dreaming and can control your dream.
2007-10-29 04:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by ameeker 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. We have free will, but our inhibitions are reduced when we are asleep!
2007-10-29 04:15:12 · answer #9 · answered by Watsit 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And do atheistrolls have mothers and faces, just like other meat?
2007-10-29 04:13:35 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course....point in fact, you thought this up while asleep, right?
2007-10-29 04:12:25 · answer #11 · answered by lady_phoenix39 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋