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To: Romulus
Well I don't think there is any such thing as absolute free will,our free will is the victim of circumstances and events.

You have the freedom to make a decision to jump off a 100 story building. but once you are in mid air you can not change your will. The outcome of our wills are dependent on circumstances and natural forces. You can not "will" and A from your favorite teacher....well you can will it,but his will overrides yours.

So although we talk about free will in reality our wills are very constrained.Our wills are influenced by circumstances and events. God has given man the will to do what he wills to do.But I do not know that one can will something that God does not want.

34 posted on 12/30/2001 8:40:53 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
But I do not know that one can will something that God does not want.

Are you saying that God wanted 9/11 to happen? That He wants murder, adultery, and fraud to take place? What kind of good God is that? Are we nothing more than his puppets and playthings?

35 posted on 12/30/2001 8:44:50 PM PST by Romulus
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