ipl-logo

God Vs Free Will

440 Words2 Pages
If it became logically impossible to have both God knowing the future and humans having free will, I would say that humans having free will is more important. There is a couple reasons I would use to support my opinion. The first would be that humans need to love God on their own. If God took away our free will and command us to love him, that is not really true love. Just like a pimp demanding a young girl to love him is not true love. In order for Christians faith to be genuine, it must mean that God has to allow us to choose him without him forcing. When comparing the importance of either God knowing the future or free will, although it would be nice for God to do both, but at least the person gets to make choices that positively or negatively
Show More
Related
463 Words | 2 Pages

In the novel Slaughterhouse-Five the author begins with a struggle of remembrance of the things that were experienced while in Dresden but soon finds a way to explain through the eyes of Billy Pilgrim. Billy is introduced and recalls his time in Dresden much of which he spent abducted by aliens known as Tralfamadorians, the Tralfamadorians are described as having plunger bodies and have eyes that are in the palm of their hands. Along with having a physical difference from humans they also have different ways of how their society runs and their philosophical views. The input of the Tralfamadorians is a way for the author to question the idea of whether free will exists or not and challenges the idea for humans. The idea of free will is used

Read More
1145 Words | 5 Pages

God is allowing change to occur autonomously and with his permission. This thinking process allows for the idea of free will that is a basic tenet in Judeo/Christian faiths. Many religious leaders maintain that religion and evolution are not incompatible. The basis of life religious creation cannot be fully explained by the scientific method.

Read More
644 Words | 3 Pages

Destiny over Free will Free will is a term unheard of nowhere days because of how much the media portrays that we have to do what other people say such as politicians. Some people are destined to think that everything we say and do has already been written out in a script somewhere in heaven and that God already knows what we are going to do before we even do it. People do not possess free will but are governed by fate because in Dante's Inferno the people who were brought down to hell were brought down because they were destined to go down the wrong path and that's why they are in hell and there are special places for people whose fate was a little too heinous and they were forced to go in the middle of heaven and hell and sometimes other people are also destined to lead us to our fate such as Virgil in Dante's inferno. People do not possess free will but are governed by fate because we think we have a choice to change our decisions but what if

Read More
3797 Words | 16 Pages

In religious teachings there is extensive evidence of free will being taken advantage of. This doesn’t change the fact that free will is still truly free. Individuals decide their words and actions, because no one else can. Even if the environment, nature, and others try to take away free will, it will ultimately prevail. PERSONAL

Read More
489 Words | 2 Pages

When describing determinism vs. free will, Ayer begins by considering different aspects of freewill that are incompatible with determinism. The first concept that Ayer discusses is the assertion that a person is free just in the case that their action is not caused. He then rejects this idea using a moral standpoint by stating that a person is not morally responsible for an action that is purely based on chance because chance is – by definition – not something that a person can have control or a choice over. Ayer goes on to state that it is not an accident that a person chooses to commit an action rather than another, and “presumably there is a casual explanation” for the choice, which in turn leads back to determinism (pg 18). The second concept

Read More
489 Words | 2 Pages

For example, when they were hiding Jews in their home, they knew that if they were caught, they would be punished severely. However, their belief in God's command to love their neighbors as themselves outweighed their fear of punishment. They felt that it was their duty to help those in need, regardless of the risks. This is a powerful example of how faith can influence actions.

Read More
939 Words | 4 Pages

Fate is defined as something that simply just happens or “Falls upon your lap without any help or actions”. It’s a gesture that is not thought about because when it come it just come without your inner thought or “permission”. While freewill is the opposite, it’s defined as something you as a person caused upon yourself, the actions you did was the reason you are in the situation and you can’t blame anyone but yourself, it’s thought of as the inner consciousness of a person or the permission to give one’s self. Fate vs. Freewill is what causes this novel to be so powerful because as Oprah stated “ When you hear this story, it’s going to turn the way you think and free will and fate upside down.” I believe that Oprah Winfey made this claim

Read More
783 Words | 4 Pages

Fate is often described as the will or principle by which things in general are believed to come to be . The question of fate has been pondered over for ages , with the epic poem, Beowulf, raising questions on the concept of fate versus free will. The epic raises the question in the form of the complex,yet dynamic character Grendel. Although it seems at certain points that Grendel acts on free will ,he is in fact led entirely by fate. The idea of fate leading Grendel’s life is made entirely from the fact that he was born a monster and an unfortunate descendant of Cain.

Read More
446 Words | 2 Pages

Kevin DeYoung’s book, “Just Do Something”, lays out such a refreshing and straightforward way of thinking about the directional will of God in a Christian’s life. He makes the clear distinctions between God’s will of decree, God’s will of desire, and God’s will of direction, which is the main focus of his book. A large theme in his biblical argument to finding God’s will for your life is to basically walk in the Spirit and live in union with Christ; letting Christ live in you (Gal. 2:20) and living in Christ (Col. 3:3; Phil. 1:21), and then just make decisions and live your life to and for the glory of God (1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17). He uncomplicates the mystery of “finding God’s will”, and simplifies this notion by more or less highlighting that believers have the mind of Christ (1 Cor. 2:16) and are new creations in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21), so we ought to just make choices and glorify God in those choices without “hyper-spiritualizing” things.

Read More
490 Words | 2 Pages

While faith is an important aspect of Christianity there are other aspects as well. For the case of Cajetan argument, charity is the other aspect that binds us with God and our

Read More
1509 Words | 7 Pages

Free Will in the Inferno Cantos V & XXXIII and Purgatorio Cantos XVII & XVIII ANALYSIS Love and Free will in the Inferno Canto V (Francesca) In the Inferno Canto V, the theme of free will is manifested through the topic of love. Francesca, being the first speaker and sinner in hell, first introduces love by showing her perceptions on the topic. “Love, that can quickly seize the gentle heart… Love, that releases no beloved from loving,” (Inf. 5.100-103)

Read More
691 Words | 3 Pages

Does arresting someone before they commit a crime remove the perpetrator’s free will? What if they changed their mind? These topics are discussed at length during the 2002 film Minority Report by Steven Spielberg. The plot of Minority Report centres around protagonist John Anderton, the chief of a futuristic police department, that uses “pre-cogs”, humans who can see crimes before they happen, to arrest the perpetrator before they have committed the crime. This polarises audiences, who either believe that they have a right to arrest someone for planning a crime, and those who believe that everyone is capable of changing their mind, before committing the crime.

Read More
1532 Words | 7 Pages

However, Boethius’s views on God’s knowledge more strongly illustrate this point because they place a greater distinction between God’s knowledge and our will, by placing God outside of the temporal world, changing the conception of foreknowledge. Both theories are successful in accounting for human free will and the excellence of God, blending the two idea to allow human beings to determine their own live within the space provided by the all powerful

Read More
1777 Words | 8 Pages

Determinism, free will and moral responsibility (1681 words) Table of contents: Introduction. Blatchford’s view on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility. Schlick’s determinism, freedom and responsibility. Hospers’s position.

Read More
1088 Words | 5 Pages

Humans have free will because in the everyday lives on an individual they are presented with multiple choices, none of which render the need for a divine power. Saint Augustine states this in the text that individuals are aware of the presence of God, but know they can voluntarily act on the own choices. However, God has the power of foreknowledge. This is because the Lord created everything, meaning he must be aware of what is yet to happen. Augustine again asserts in Book V that God cannot exist without the ability for him to know the future.

Read More

More about God Vs Free Will

Related Topics

Open Document