Is human free will compatible with God’s omnipotence?

Question

This is a philosophy question so being detailed would be great

Answer 1

No. No, it isn't.

Answer 2

According to simple logic, no. If God knows(or controls) the future, and is never wrong, then events are already decided. There is no choice. Thusly there is no free will. Which also would mean that everything in existences has been going on according to God's plan, which makes the existence itself nothing more than an exercise. Which makes existence seem.... rather droll.

There is always the counter argument, however, that seeing as how God is allegedly beyond everything that he can defy all logic(because he created it, and is thusly beyond it) and create free-willed beings in a predetermined universe, simply because according to the definition of omnipotence general assigned to God, he can do anything, even if in doing it he contradicts himself to the highest degree. Why? How? Magic. And that's why theist can never be 'proven' wrong.

Answer 3

God is sovereign, omnipotent, Just.

There are infinitudes of alternatives of Good in the Edenic.

Misqualifying one's ability to make ethical, right, good choice entangles, energy-veils, e-veils, evils, distances from One Mind Soul.

Thus, there is Good ability to choose, and mis-taken e-veiling of that Quale.

There is no incompatibility, save erring mortal arrogating against Justice, Purity, Truth, divine Love, and the like.

You might enjoy "The Path of Christ or Antichrist" and "Climb the Highest Mountain," Mark Prophet,
"Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton,
"The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil," O. M. Aivanhov,
"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr. Olga Kharitidi,
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck, and
"Life before Life," Jim Tucker, M.D.

cordially,

j.

Answer 4

Ah, the age old question. Do we have free will, or are we predestined? Well, God certainly does give us free will. We have the choice to decide what to do and how we will act. The omnipotence part is that God already knows what we are going to do. He already knows the choices we will make. He doesn't stop us, he doesn't change anything, he lets us go ahead and do what we want. He would not be a loving God if he forced us to do his will.

Answer 5

Of course not.

If a Christian God exists, then any freewill that mortals believe they have is only an illusion. Any desire/action made by a human is not their own, in the sense that it did not originate in them. Rather, all actions/desires originate in God, and by that logic, is not truly free. It means that all humans have no control over their actions.

And if humans have no control over their actions, then all humans are also not morally responsible.

Answer 6

human will is the one thing separate from this predestined universe. It is the strongest force that exists and It lives outside of the universe itself and cannot be touched. Our will, if strong enough, is powerful enough to break free of the predestined chains that are latched onto us. This is how, for example, people can lift things 10x more than their body weight. WILL!

Answer 7

No. I'm afraid it isn't thought I'd like to think it's true. Our free will granted us the ability to choose but not to know everything cuz even if you THINK you have chosen the right thing you can never really be sure if it is THE RIGHT THING.

Answer 8

Yes; God is so great that he can allow us to do our will, because in the end it will be HIS will.

Answer 9

lol is this for a college class? i have an assignment where i was asked the same question

Answer 10

Yes. God can do whatever He wishes, including creating free-thinking people.

Answer 11

Well considering how homosexuality is a sin...and women are to be submissive to men.....I would have to say no. It doesn't seem so.