(April 24, 2016 at 7:31 pm)confusedandscared Wrote: Little quick introduction:
-A devout muslim since 14 years old
-Always believed in a higher power and if you are good and graceful you will get rewarded either heaven or hell
Lately I been losing my faith and one of the biggest triggers is a question nobody seems to have a answer I am satisfied with.
I just need this last push and I feel like I will abandon my religion because I can not find a answer for this.
If god is all knowing and he created us, That means that before he created us he already knew what we were gonna do.
That also means that if god is all knowing and he created us that some of us that will go to hell or heaven was already created for it before hand.
But they tell me that we have free will but somehow it doesn't make sense. If we had thousands, Millions or even billions of option or destinies for each step we do and choose.
Wouldn't god know which one we would ultimately chose. please someone explain this to me I am getting more and more confused
The key is not to fish for excuses to hold a position, especially if you have been indoctrinated at birth. Most humans pass their religions and god belief to their children. If you were born in India you'd most likely have been raised Hindu or Sikh. If you had been born in Tibet, or China or Japan, you'd be some sect of Buddhist. If you were born in Italy you'd most likely be raised Catholic.
You have lots of questions you are asking, keep it up. But there is more to questioning than simply saying "that makes no sense". Having a basic understanding of evolution, and science also helps. Understanding collective world history also helps.
Now as far as free will, there is no such thing in any religious sense. In science though, especially with neurology and how our brains function, it is neither "free will" or "determinism" but both. Our brains gap fill tons of times a day and most of the time we don't realize it. Like if you walk into a clean glass door your brain is telling you there is no door there, even though there is. Or you bump your head on a a low object, your brain has falsely filled in the gap that you have enough clearance. Point being, our perceptions of reality are notoriously flawed.
The good thing is that when we want to compare things to insure we are getting the most accurate assessment of what we observe, we have that tool, scientific method and no one religion owns a patent on scientific method because it is not there to point to any club, it is completely religion independent.
