(February 28, 2016 at 9:42 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 27, 2016 at 12:15 pm)Drich Wrote: Do slaves have 'free will?'
Where they allowed to 'choose one another?' from time to time yes (given the right owner.)
As such we (some of us) have been given this same 'freedom.'
If you look at human History this right to 'choose one another' is not an intrinsic Human right.
You can't have it both ways. You claimed that Jesus says there is no free will, now you're making the case for free wiil.
The question isn't whether free will is a human right, but whether, in the context of an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-creating God, free will is even possible.
Boru
No.. Free will is the ability to choose any path we see fit.
For instance lets say their is an eternal life and you had the ability to choose it regardless of what God may have to say. If you can choose eternal life for yourself and can live that life any way you wish. then one can claim the mantel of freewill. Otherwise If someone with greater authority restricts your ability to make those types of choices, and perhaps gives you one or two choices to make
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will_in_theology