Jane D.
Member
So, did God really give us free will??
He may have given us the ability to choose freely, but then he ripped that out of our hands by basically saying "Here you go, I'm giving you this wonderful gift of free will, now don't use it to make any choices except the ones that I want you to make, or else you'll be eternally punished."
What kind of free will is that? Not even enough to choose between right and wrong. It sismply enough to choose follow the rules or don't. To me, the essence of free will and the whole reason our human minds work the way that they do, is not to decide whether or not to follow the rules given to us. Rather, the point is to question what is wrong and what is right.
Food for thought...
its actually the serpent who wanted us to be able to know right and wrong, and then make our choice. Without knowledge, we're just as good as a trained dog who decides either to do what his master says or not do it.
He may have given us the ability to choose freely, but then he ripped that out of our hands by basically saying "Here you go, I'm giving you this wonderful gift of free will, now don't use it to make any choices except the ones that I want you to make, or else you'll be eternally punished."
What kind of free will is that? Not even enough to choose between right and wrong. It sismply enough to choose follow the rules or don't. To me, the essence of free will and the whole reason our human minds work the way that they do, is not to decide whether or not to follow the rules given to us. Rather, the point is to question what is wrong and what is right.
Food for thought...
its actually the serpent who wanted us to be able to know right and wrong, and then make our choice. Without knowledge, we're just as good as a trained dog who decides either to do what his master says or not do it.