2007-11-14 12:37:45 · 17 answers · asked by I'/\/\AZILLA2 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And therein lies the rub, common sense :) If there are punishments and/or consequences, it can't truly be 'free will'.
2007-11-14 12:44:15 · update #1
You don't really choose atheism.
Those who become atheists do so because they realise that the world just doesn't make sense if a god exists.
The only choice that an atheist makes is following the evidence wherever it leads and obeying the rules of logic.
2007-11-14 18:19:31 · answer #1 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Therein indeed lies the rub. You can't have both free will and no choice, no real choice, and there is NO choice in Christianity's dogma if your only alternative is hell.
What kind of good choice is that?
I so so sooooooooooo dislike and disagree with Christianity, with its misogynistic patriarchal nonsense, keeping alive the notion that the masculine pronoun includes the feminine. I am hard at work at changing the world right now, wish me luck.
I'm sure there are nice Christians and all, but I swear. When their right to be what they want to be infringes on my right to be what I want to be, something has got to give, and I have been truly shocked by running into a brick wall of opposition by those stuck in dark ages.
2007-11-14 21:46:10 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Morgana 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Free-will is an illusion much like the freedom we claim democracy brings us. Are you really free? If you truly had free-will you would not only control your actions, but you would also have complete control over all environmental factors at work creating the obstacles that keep you from your desires and creating the choices you must make while working to achieve your desires.. So, at best you have limited free-will which isn't free-will at all....much like we have limited freedom ( less and less all of the time ) which really isn't freedom.
Contrary to popular belief, today, free-will isn't taught in the Bible. It is a lie that I believe will soon be used to create the appearance that portions of prophecy have been fulfilled while other portions were avoided because mankind used his collective free-will to repent....much like the situation was in Nineveh according to the Bible.
Even the lie that is on the horizon is mentioned in the Bible.
2007-11-14 23:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by Guardian 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your comment about free will with consequences doesn't make it free will is my point exactly when it comes to pro-choice and the freedom to choose life or death for the unborn----there is no freedom with this matter because to choose abortion is to also choose the consequences of punishment which is what they would like people to believe doesn't exist---but it does.
2007-11-14 20:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course you can since that is the point of free will. Naturally the other Christians disagree with me, but that's typical.
2007-11-14 22:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i tried to exchange my free will for a durable power of attorney, and the lawyer sent me out to the waiting room. proof of purgatory.
2007-11-14 21:41:02 · answer #6 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will does not imply that you have the right to write the rest of the rules or to redefine the nature of God. Your free will applies to only your own life. When you have become your own god you are perfectly free to attempt to save yourself. Good luck with that.
2007-11-14 20:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by sympleesymple 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
With atheism, there's no punishment for not believing....unlike other practices....
Well, you might get teased a little bit, but that's about it...:)
2007-11-14 20:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by Adam G 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You can; but Jesus gave free will for the reason he wants you to choose life and not death.
2007-11-14 20:52:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes
2007-11-14 20:52:04 · answer #10 · answered by Kane 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋