Some would say that we are good and the gift of free choice allows us to sin. But if that were true, then we still wouldn't sin. ... It goes back a long time before man. ... In order for him to choose to be evil, (assuming free choice), evil had to exist before him. ... If that were truly what free will is, then what good would it be without evil? ...
We can only choose to go against what we have learned in order to sin. ... Augustine answered, "An action would be neither sinful nor righteous unless it were done voluntarily. ... If free will was given to us to act according to God's will, why is it then that we are so able to use it to sin so freely? ... In turn, an opposition to this might be like one that Augustine made when he stated, "If you think the existence of God is sufficiently proved by the fact that we judge it not to be rash to believe the Scripture-writers, why don't you think we should similarly trust their autho...
The Israelites were his chosen people, called to be the light of the nation in a prior covenant that he made with Abraham. ... But we could also see God working through him through the miracles he performed. ... This truly highlighted that even though Jesus had a sense of free will, his will always coincided with God's. ... Jesus' covenant provides for us a greater intimacy with god than ever experienced before. ... Jesus is the perfect example of perfect free will that coincides with God and teaches us what it truly means to "be like God" His teachings about the kingdom of...
Before any side should be taken with confidence, the shared dogmas must be stated to keep a firm foundation. ... Thirdly, just because verses speak of such things as "falling from grace" or "being in a worse state then prior" this does not mean we can assume they were truly saved. 1 John 2:9 speaks of it like this, if anyone were to abandon Christ, it is proof that they were never actually with Christ. ... Many see this view as undermining free will and choice. ... This does not compromise the free will aspect of an Arminian. ... If we enter a relationship with God by fre...
Both Satan and Smith were unsuccessful in their attempts to convert Jesus/Neo. ... Morpheus can be considered John the Baptist because he did great works before Neo was "born" into his new life outside the Matrix. John worked to free others of their bondage through water baptisms just as Morpheus freed people like Neo and Trinity from their "dream world." ... It is how we learn, how we cope and how we grow in our understanding of whom we are and where we belong. ... Neo wants to free citizens of earth of their mental bondage, just as Jesus came to free sinners of their spiritual ...
This relationship opens us up to Heaven and we are free to choose to receive or not receive grace. ... And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. ... Humans have free will to choose good or to choose evil. ... We all have the free will to embrace suffering or embrace blind bitterness; embracing suffering would allow us to grow. ...
Nothing actually comes free now a days, free will came to Adam and Eve at a cost, the cost was eternal life with God and eventually death will overtake us. ... Kreon decides to go to the tomb to set free Antigone. ... In the end we learn one very important thing from this tragedy. We learn that no matter what family comes first. ... Another thing we can take from this story is the old cliché think before you act. ...
Before we go any further, we must ponder upon several questions. ... The reasoning behind the justifications made by Descartes is related to "free will." ... On the other hand, free will is a freedom to choose which is infinite. ... Even if we considered that the above statements were true, couldn't we make an argument about why God has created such imbalance between the magnitudes of the will and the intellect? ... Let us ponder upon what Descartes has said before for the sake of argument. ...
If every answer were to be given to society on a silver platter then there would be nothing but mindless drones wondering around and every one making the right decision. Even though humans would still have free will to decide if they truly knew and understood the reason for all that is in the world then we would live in a perfect society. ... This is understandable because though at one time unicorns could have roamed the earth it is hard to prove they did the only possible way is that they were before the flood, and literally missed the boat. ...
Our world as we know it is a comparably safe place, however it is not free from evil and suffering. ... If pain were allowed, its excesses could be avoided. ... The only way of disproving this is to start with flimsy arguments about whether God would want to do such a thing, if we were to accept such an argument then we would have to accept theism as a whole, it is almost suggesting that God only acts when he wants to act, which certainly cannot stand up as an argument for his existence. ... Acquinas argued that our existence is dependent on something that came before us. We cannot cause ou...
Mary Rowlandson's "A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration," is an account of her experiences when she and others were attacked and captured by Indians. ... She begged God for mercy, not to be free but to have the strength to travel each day. ... We learn of her religious beliefs and how she turned to God for security. ... After hearing this news, her spirits were renewed, knowing she might be going home soon. ... As a result of this, she realized the importance of having faith in God, and that no matter what problem we encounter we can overcome it. ...
But being resilient does not necessarily imply a burden-free life. ... It seemed to be a dead end for me before the exam even started. ... We don't always get what we want, but the things that are given to us are those which would benefit us for the better." ... It was there were I found my best of friends. ... In the end, I have come to realized that, like my sister said, we may not attain those which we desire the most, but what we do receive will always be a blessing. ...
In other words, do you think there is a contradiction between being a subject of god and at the same time being a free man? ... Here we might ask why the word means reestablish or reconnect not establish or connect. ... Even before religions existed, when there was many gods people didn't have religions in the meaning of what we know today about religions but they use to have some "taboos" which are the things man can't do. ... Then Jesus Christ with Christianity came, and also put rules for how people must act for god to love them for example to help the poor and the needy an...
So we do not try to convert others to our religion. ... Long before Jesus was born the Bible predicted his life and death. The Old Testament (the part of the Bible written before Jesus' birth) was completed in 450 B.C., hundreds of years before Jesus was born. A large number of prophecies were made in astonishing detail by many people throughout these books. ... We get through the Prophet not only rules of guidance, but a complete scheme of values and a practical code of conduct. ...
The value's I hold close to my heart are morals that were set forth in my life at a very young age. Having been raised in a Christian home, the standards that I have set for myself are the Biblical precepts in which God set forth before the foundations of the earth. ... As well as to live my life drug free, and last but not least being a person that can edify and encourage others to reach their full potential and to never waiver or give up on the goals and dreams they have. ... We are called to love and to esteem others better than ourselves. (Phil 2:3 NKJV) To me this means if we est...
How we have made everything around us clear and free and easy and simple! How we have been able to give our senses a passport to everything superficial, our thoughts a divine desire for wanton leaps and wrong inferences!... The world according to Nietzsche is rather pointless, we just wander around this planet bumping into each other and having meaningless conversation. ... This theory once again supports his claim that we are all just animals, that we all are just slightly more intelligent beasts living for our own mental and physical affirmation of superiority. ... "The thing that sets us ...
We can all probably say that the questions that most philosophers tried to attempt to answers were failures, but because they tried, we are able to decide for ourselves what we think is truly right. ... But before we can understand this, we must first look to the reality of God. ... First of all, God gave us free will to do as we please. ... I believe this part of us was created because if we were perfect, there would be no point in having a God. ... Noticing that the world is always changing, we must interpret the Bible to fit our daily lives and not use the same traditional methods that wer...
The people of iniveh were dead in sin. ... Should not we be doing His work with it? ... One of the manifestations of the Spirit working in our lives is that we steadily become more and more sin-free. Only upon leaving this earthly life do we become totally sanctified (sin-free). ... We can't offer the excuse that we were led into doing wrong. ...
Then in part two I will introduce a young man without a name merely a number, who chooses to give up his free will and let the state reform him. ... This leaves us to ponder whether or not he truly has free choice to commit good or evil. ... "So we came nice and quiet to this domy called the Manse, and there were globe lights outside on iron stalks ..and there was a light like dim on in the one of the rooms on the ground level, and we went to a nice patch of street dark They [the droogs] nodded in the dark .then we waited again in darkness-' (Petix, 129) In this short part of the raid w...
Then in part two I will introduce a young man without a name merely a number, who chooses to give up his free will and let the state reform him. ... This leaves us to ponder whether or not he truly has free choice to commit good or evil. ... "So we came nice and quiet to this domy called the Manse, and there were globe lights outside on iron stalks ..and there was a light like dim on in the one of the rooms on the ground level, and we went to a nice patch of street dark They [the droogs] nodded in the dark .then we waited again in darkness-' (Petix, 129) In this short part of the raid w...
Then in part two I will introduce a young man without a name merely a number, who chooses to give up his free will and let the state reform him. ... This leaves us to ponder whether or not he truly has free choice to commit good or evil. ... "So we came nice and quiet to this domy called the Manse, and there were globe lights outside on iron stalks ..and there was a light like dim on in the one of the rooms on the ground level, and we went to a nice patch of street dark They [the droogs] nodded in the dark .then we waited again in darkness-' (Petix, 129) In this short part of the raid w...
Then in part two I will introduce a young man without a name merely a number, who chooses to give up his free will and let the state reform him. ... This leaves us to ponder whether or not he truly has free choice to commit good or evil. ... "So we came nice and quiet to this domy called the Manse, and there were globe lights outside on iron stalks ..and there was a light like dim on in the one of the rooms on the ground level, and we went to a nice patch of street dark They [the droogs] nodded in the dark .then we waited again in darkness-' (Petix, 129) In this short part of the raid w...
Accordingly, as that model is the ever-existent Living Being, he set about making the universe also like it, But he planned to make as it were a moving likeness of eternity; and, at the same time that he set in order the Heaven, he made, of eternity that abides in unity, an ever-flowing likeness moving according to number - that to which we have given the name time.(31)" Furthermore, Plato continues to appoint this higher being as the creator of humans. ... According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by he...
Before I was allowed to play at Erin's house, her mother called me aside. ... At nine years old, I never really thought about religion before. ... "Why are we Catholic and not Christian?... Some people forget that we all worship the same God."" ... Religion has become one of the biggest moneymaking organizations in the world today, and a tax-free organization at that. ...
The purpose of life is happiness and having your own free will, and Aquinas believed that the strongest faculty of will comes from God. ... Trusting in God's goodness and despite the fact that we cannot judge whether we will be saved, we are obligated to seek God and to live according to his commandments." (Saint Augustine pg. 61) In Christianity we are given rules or laws to abide by which were created by God to follow in order to achieve happiness, mortality, and to get in to heaven in the afterlife. ... If we didn't have these commandments to follow where would we be as human...
