Free will

[Angrboda]

Ryantology,

The fact that there is a carrot and stick in this process nullifies the concept of free will. Eternal life and eternal damnation taint the process. If there was no reward for acceptance and no punishment for rejection, only then would a declaration of love be the product of a decision made by a person legitimately exercising free will.

The legitimate exercise of free will does not demand that all choices be equal.

Free will is only nullified if the presence of the carrot and the stick invariably produce a choice for the carrot. They do not, as is demonstrated daily throughout the world around you, and in this very forum. And yes, I am taking into account the fact that none of you believe in the Christian God. Many of you have declared time and again that you would prefer hell with Lucifer rather than Heaven with the God you despise. We are clearly well able to make up our own minds regardless of the carrot and the stick.

Regards,
Shadow_Man

Mularkey. There's a reason why decisions made under duress have lesser consequences in law than those freely made. Our ability to control the outcome is compromised by duress. The individual coercing another has usurped control. I can't imagine any greater duress than the threat of an eternal punishment. Your statement is pure poppycock.