(April 4, 2013 at 11:33 am)futilethewinds Wrote:
Belief in those restrictions just makes me think that the point of religion is to control people, and by remaining theists and maintaining those values, you are allowing yourself to be controlled.
What you are calling restrictions Christians see as guidelines and thus we see our lives being guided not controlled. Yes we allow ourselves to be guided, it is part of having a relationship with God our Savior.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.