Free Will

[Lojo613 1882]

Free Will

 

GOD knows all things, and has shaped all things to be just the way they shall. This is why we forgive, because nobody can truly be held accountable for their actions. One may come to the conclusion that Free Will does not truly exist, and they would be right, but that does not mean our experience is falsified as well. We experience Free Will or choice because GOD has deemed it necessary so that we may learn a lesson by such a decision, these include, but are not limited to; brotherhood, forgiveness, kindness, and compassion. Thus, in our understanding, the culmination of mortal knowledge is what truly matters, and the knowledge we gather from our choices is more valuable than the worldly and physical outcomes of such decisions.

 

To conclude, one could argue that Free Will does exist, because GOD does not inhibit or promote your choice directly, but the outcomes of such decisions matter little due to the omnipresence and predetermination of GOD's will, and due to the fact that your bias is based on past experiences and personality, which GOD does influence, it can be interpreted that Free Will in a physical sense is false, and in a grand sense is predetermined as well.

 

 

 

 

The Church exists as a divine institution, and such must work to the same ends as GOD. Thus they encourage the idea of Free Will as a wholly mortal choice in nature. The experience of the individual clergy do not reflect the beliefs of the Church as a whole and every thesis stands to represent a single members individual journey and relationship with GOD.

Non Nobis Domine

 

[Colin_Ginger 76]

With all due respect, I thoroughly disagree with the conclusion of your thesis. Free will is the greatest gift that our Creator has bestowed upon us, and to deny it would be a sin. Our Creator has laid down certain laws and tells us to follow them. He does not say that we will follow them, or that he will make us comply, he tells us we should. Without free will there is no accountability. I could murder a man and say "God determined I was to do so from the beginning of time" and if that is the case, than this could not be considered a sin, and I could join God in the Seventh Sky. The mere existence of the idea of 'ought implies that we have a choice. Yes, the Creator laid down the path from the beginning, and he knows what choices we will make, but he does not choose them for us.

[Wendigo 786]

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