If, God can't intervene in man's free will,then which of these is true about god?

Question

(1) God is malevolent, or
(2) God is impotent, or
(3) God doesn't exist.
Has to be one of these

But I can and do intervene in my kid's choice of dinner, I won't place Icecream in front of the and expect them to eat brocolli.. that's idiocy, a completely idiotic argument...

Answer 1

It's actually none of the three. Just because He chooses not to, and imposes that will upon lesser beings (see Job), doesn't mean he "can't." It only means He won't do it. A very important distinction.

Answer 2

I'm afraid your logic is faulty. God can both exist and permit the existence of free will. God is neither malevolent nor impotent. God can and does intervene in human affairs but must do so in a way that respects free will. That is why evil exists, because like good it is a freely chosen way of acting. However, evil cannot ultimately triumph over good. God ultimately defeats evil.

VB8

Answer 3

God has created, is running, and will destroy the Universe. God is the Origin and Destination of the Universe. God was, is, will be everywhere, God was never Created and will never die / be destroyed. God is beyond Life and Death. All religions of world teach human way to get close to God. You give your Best, God will give thy Best. Ask God for help and forgive, God will help and forgive you. Pray; Worship and Thank God for everything. Remember wherever there is Happiness in Life, there will be Sorrow. To get Happiness, you must master Sorrow. For Success in Life; Believe in Self and God, Learn from Past, Concentrate in Present, Plan for Future. Have control on, be the master of, not the slave of your body, senses, and mind. Purpose of this Life is to Gain and Share utmost Knowledge and Experience to differentiate and choose Right, Good, God against Wrong, Bad, Devil. Set your Desire level perfect or OK to be brave, no low to be coward, no high to be cruel. You have rights of Survival, Self Defence, and Freedom.

Answer 4

God does intervene in man's free will. He sets boundaries upon what mankind can and cannot do and controls what temptations his children are subject to.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make the way out, so as for you to be able to bear it.

He also works in the minds of people to make them do what He wants them to do.

Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

Answer 5

Just because God chooses not to interfere does not limit His omnipotence. I think that, as modern parents, we have a hard time understanding free-will because we have taken choice away from our children in so much of their daily lives. We have come to expect those in authority to make all of our choices for us and we get made when they are not the ones which we would have chosen.

We transfer all of this onto God, expecting him to run the universe in a way that would make us the most comfortable.

Answer 6

Who said god cant intervene in mans free will?

Realisation of the supremacy of Allah, although necessary for success in the hereafter, has not been enforced on man - it is a test that is based on the fact that man has beengiven free will. However, man's free will is limited, although he has the freedom to choose between right and wrong, he cannotchange parts of his destiny that Allah has pre-determined. Understanding the nature of Allah is essential as it has a substantial effect on a Muslim's duties to Allah.

Answer 7

Hey, old guy....first off, it's creepy that you do this sort of thing.

Secondly, even Christianity agrees that your god gave people free will, which is why they can do sin instead of just mindlessly following his orders (even though most still do).

And finally, he intervenes in Christian lives. Being far outside that scope, the only gods I have to worry about are MY gods.

Answer 8

Here's a good article on this very subject:

"By analogy, knowing what will happen does not mean that we are preventing or causing that thing to happen. The sun will rise tomorrow. I am not causing it to rise nor am I preventing it from rising by knowing that it will happen. Likewise, if I put a bowl of ice-cream and a bowl of cauliflower in front of my child, I know for a fact which one is chosen, the ice cream. My knowing it ahead of time does not restrict my child from making a free choice when the time comes. My child is free to make a choice and knowing the choice has no effect upon her when she makes it.

Logically, God knowing what we are going to do does not mean that we can't do something else. It means that God simply knows what we have chosen to do ahead of time. Our freedom is not restricted by God's foreknowledge; our freedom is simply realized ahead of time by God. In this, our natural ability to make another choice has not been removed anymore than my choice of what to write inside the parenthesis (hello) was removed by God who knew I would put the word "hello" in the parentheses before the universe was made. Before typing the word "hello," I pondered which word to write. My pondering was my doing and the choice was mine. How then was I somehow restricted in freedom when choosing what to write if God knew what I was going to do? No matter what choice we freely make can be known by God and His knowing it doesn't mean we aren't making a free choice.... (more at link below)"


*The article said nothing about controlling what your child has for dinner. It presents an analogy. If you place a bowl of ice cream and a bowl of cauliflower in front of a child as a test, you know that most children will choose the ice cream. Although you already know that, it doesn't restrict their free will in choosing which one to eat.

You obviously missed the point of the analogy.

Answer 9

(1) God is malevolent,
(2) God is impotent,
(3) God doesn't exist.

All of the Above.

Answer 10

3 as in God only exists to those who believe in him.