With all the Republican talk of religious freedom, Did not God give us all Free Will?.

[pwb]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by hootinholler (a host of the General Discussion forum).

That is what I was taught . We all have free will, and will be judged by our personal actions and not by what others do. Judge not Republicans, yest thee be judged.

[peace frog]

1. Free will? Sssshhhhh! Everyone will want one!

Remember, keep the believers ignorant, brainwashed and most of all, in line.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Here's the catch:

The Fundamentalists believe in free will to a point. They can choose to save their own souls via being "reborn" and accepting Christ as their Savior. This negates their curse of Original Sin that they were born with.

However, they are hellbent on saving the rest of us (or enacting restrictive religious laws) because they also believe those who are unsaved will invite the wrath of God upon the Earth, sweeping them up in the damnation. A contradiction? Yep. They're saved but we can ruin it for them by following our secular, hedonistic choices.

[jberryhill]

4. Not the Calvinists

If deciding to believe were an act of free will, then salvation would be reduced to the individual's act of making that decision. That is why Calvinists reject free will in that context in favor of predestination.

[jberryhill]

3. Not all religions believe in free will

[Fumesucker]

5. Is God so powerful?

That He can create beings whose every thought and deed He does not know?

[hootinholler]

6. Locking

The religion group is a more apropos place to wrestle with these questions.