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Old 06-01-2011, 10:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Yes. God is capable of giving humans free will.
This sort of begs the question: Is it truly free will if it must be GIVEN to us, and not inherently a part of us to begin with?

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God creates us humans full of imperfections and flaws and that's what makes us perfect in HIS eyes. That's what also makes the world interesting and beautiful.
This is completely contradictory to the Bible, which says that God is perfect. It also says the we are created in his image and likeness. How can we be imperfect if he is perfect, yet we are created in his image?

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But because He loves us all, He dies on the cross to save all of us from eternal hell.
If he died to save us all from Hell, then why do our actions matter? How can our bad behavior send us to Hell if he already died to save us?
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This sort of begs the question: Is it truly free will if it must be GIVEN to us, and not inherently a part of us to begin with?
God gave us our lives and existence. Anything inherit, including free will, is given by HIM.

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This is completely contradictory to the Bible, which says that God is perfect. It also says the we are created in his image and likeness. How can we be imperfect if he is perfect, yet we are created in his image?
God is perfect, yes. Because His a perfect Creator, He made us humans in His own image and likeness. All of us humans has that inherit nature of being loving, caring, good, kind just like God. But because of free will, some humans decide and choose to go the different path (violent, rude, evil, brutal). Our actions make us imperfect. And God is fully aware of that.

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If he died to save us all from Hell, then why do our actions matter? How can our bad behavior send us to Hell if he already died to save us?
I don't believe in Hell. But I do believe that God opens the doors of heaven for all of us. He understands our bad behaviours, but that doesn't make Him love us any less. We are His children and he loves us no less than the Pope or the Saints.
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God gave us our lives and existence. Anything inherit, including free will, is given by HIM.
I guess what I was getting at is that free will can't be given. Once it is given, it is no longer free will because it is forced upon us.
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