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To: HarleyD; Natural Law

And, finally:

If it could be demonstrated to you that you had free will choice, would you believe it is true?


528 posted on 04/03/2012 2:37:00 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: D-fendr
"If it could be demonstrated to you that you had free will choice, would you believe it is true?"

I think it largely comes down to what purpose God had for mankind and each of us. Some would have you believe that we are nothing more than Playdough, shaped, toyed with and eventually either discarded or put on a shelf so that God could admire His own work. I reject that. Not because it violates any personal notions of what God ought to be or do, but because it violates both reason and Scripture.

Evil exists, not because God created it and authored all evil deeds, but because it is the natural consequence of free will. There can be no free will to choose good if evil does not exist. There can be no Salvation without voluntary damnation.

Death exists only as an affirmation of the purpose of life in an otherwise meaningless existence. The world could carry on its Godless plan for eternity if there were no death. Archbishop Fulton Sheen said it best:

"Death proves also that life has meaning because it reveals that the virtues and goodness practiced within time do not find their completion except in eternity."

531 posted on 04/03/2012 3:58:53 PM PDT by Natural Law (If you love the Catholic Church raise your hands, if not raise your standards.)
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To: D-fendr; HarleyD

But you’ve been shown countless times you do not have free will and yet you ignore the fact.

You can’t fly by flapping your arms; you can’t see if you are blind and if God has chosen you for salvation, you will be saved because the Holy Spirit is stronger than you.

God is in control since before the foundation of the world.

Thank God. I trust God’s will more than my own.


533 posted on 04/03/2012 5:13:44 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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