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If God Made Man ….. Why?
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Allegedly the good end up sharing eternity with him – the bad, depending upon what you believe, are either doomed to hell, or once dead are dead forever – but what’s the ultimate purpose of it all? The perception that God is omniscient, and therefore must have known what would happen before he created anything, aside - some will say that God gave man free will and man has a choice between good and evil – but if God wants everyone to be good, why give man free will at all? He had it made before he did that – everyone was good – so exactly as he supposedly wanted them to be. Why would a 'wise' God devise such a senseless and counter-productive plan? It doesn’t seem terribly wise to me.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Do we have true Free Will anyway ? We are born with instincts and all our physical and mental inherited characteristics. Our intellect, talents, strength of character, etc. All these are the governing factors before we even start exercising our so called free will. We are then subject to our environment and the influences of our fellow human beings. the social norms, and to a lesser extent all other animals. What we make of that mix may be free will .
Modeller, I've heard that said - but it makes no sense. Firstly, if God wanted us to worship him, without free will we wouldn't have had the choice. We would have been as he supposedly intended us to be. Secondly, without free will we could have joined him on his jaunt without all the paraphernalia of going through tests. There would have been no reason to test us – not that there is anyway since he already knows the outcome of any test - allegedly.
Ron, yes I have seen The Matrix. I’m not sure that’s the answer, but it’s a thought. ;o)
(My name comes from an ancestor. The whole family, in those days, had biblical names).
Mikey, hypothetical discussion.
coccinelle, surely even more reason not to give people free will. The whole population of the earth would have appreciated and respected nature - and no one would have abused it.
(My name comes from an ancestor. The whole family, in those days, had biblical names).
Mikey, hypothetical discussion.
coccinelle, surely even more reason not to give people free will. The whole population of the earth would have appreciated and respected nature - and no one would have abused it.
If we're going to be pedantic I don't think that the Bible adds "[God made Adam] to till the ground, [i]because God didn't want to"[i]. But I've seen that sketch all the way through (albeit not rcently) and apart from one or two comments like that it's basically lifted straight from the source material, no?
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