How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?

Hello There, Guest! (Lost Password?) Register

Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!

Current time: August 6, 2025, 10:43 am

Thread Rating:

1 Vote(s) - 5 Average
1
2
3
4
5

Thread Modes

How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?

BrianSoddingBoru4 Offline

Offline

Power-Drunk Administrator

Religious Views: Headology

Posts: 48751
Threads: 551
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation: 109

#6

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?

October 10, 2018 at 7:18 pm

(October 10, 2018 at 6:50 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Or it’s Gods will that you be a moral agent with free will, and you are culpable for your choices. You also have the difference between God’s will, in what he desires and in what he permits.

But if God if God created the universe, then he also created my choices, actions and consequences. There can be no free will in the framework of a God as described in the Bible.

Boru

‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax

Find

Reply

« Next Oldest | Next Newest »

Messages In This Thread

How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 10, 2018 at 6:33 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by no one - October 10, 2018 at 6:35 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 6:50 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 10, 2018 at 7:13 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 7:18 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 10, 2018 at 7:18 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 7:24 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 10, 2018 at 8:34 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 9:00 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 11, 2018 at 5:25 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 7:39 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 11, 2018 at 8:35 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 8:45 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 11, 2018 at 9:35 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 9:48 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 11, 2018 at 10:13 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 10:15 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2018 at 12:22 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 12:53 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by HappySkeptic - October 11, 2018 at 5:55 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 6:20 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 7:44 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by vulcanlogician - October 11, 2018 at 7:55 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by HappySkeptic - October 12, 2018 at 10:04 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by vulcanlogician - October 12, 2018 at 10:38 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by HappySkeptic - October 12, 2018 at 11:34 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Grandizer - October 12, 2018 at 11:38 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by HappySkeptic - October 12, 2018 at 1:02 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Seraphina - October 10, 2018 at 9:05 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 9:14 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2018 at 7:07 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by no one - October 10, 2018 at 7:24 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 10, 2018 at 7:49 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Mashmont - August 21, 2021 at 9:58 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2018 at 7:54 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Nay_Sayer - October 10, 2018 at 9:20 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Minimalist - October 10, 2018 at 9:36 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 10, 2018 at 9:40 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2018 at 10:25 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by vulcanlogician - October 11, 2018 at 12:00 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by RoadRunner79 - October 11, 2018 at 12:45 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 11, 2018 at 10:41 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by vulcanlogician - October 11, 2018 at 5:00 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2018 at 7:47 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 12, 2018 at 1:37 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Rhondazvous - October 11, 2018 at 12:59 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Grand Nudger - October 11, 2018 at 12:05 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by EgoDeath - October 11, 2018 at 12:07 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by tahaadi - October 11, 2018 at 8:41 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Mister Agenda - October 11, 2018 at 1:01 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Drich - October 11, 2018 at 2:32 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Mashmont - August 21, 2021 at 8:21 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 21, 2021 at 8:33 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 21, 2021 at 9:18 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by brewer - August 22, 2021 at 10:03 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Silver - August 21, 2021 at 9:22 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 21, 2021 at 9:30 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 6:12 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 6:21 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 6:30 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 6:33 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 6:40 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 7:08 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Mashmont - August 21, 2021 at 9:35 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by vulcanlogician - August 21, 2021 at 9:44 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 21, 2021 at 9:37 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 21, 2021 at 10:01 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 21, 2021 at 10:17 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Silver - August 21, 2021 at 10:20 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 21, 2021 at 10:20 pm

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 22, 2021 at 6:33 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Silver - August 22, 2021 at 6:44 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 22, 2021 at 8:35 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 8:41 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 9:37 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 9:47 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 9:53 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by arewethereyet - August 22, 2021 at 9:55 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 9:57 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 9:58 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ravenshire - August 22, 2021 at 10:01 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by arewethereyet - August 22, 2021 at 10:02 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 22, 2021 at 9:58 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 22, 2021 at 8:42 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by The Architect Of Fate - August 22, 2021 at 10:02 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by Ahriman - August 22, 2021 at 10:10 am

RE: How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything? - by brewer - August 22, 2021 at 10:23 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread		Author	Replies	Views	Last Post
	If god can't lie, does that mean he can't do everything?	Silver	184	26584	September 10, 2021 at 4:20 pm Last Post: Dundee
	Taoism Says That Everything Has an Opposite	Philos_Tone	37	6838	November 20, 2018 at 8:35 am Last Post: Angrboda
	Why is religion in the business of moral policing?	NuclearEnergy	85	22476	August 13, 2017 at 2:51 pm Last Post: The Grand Nudger
	If someone says science can't explain everything what's the best way to repond?	ReptilianPeon	94	19454	December 14, 2016 at 12:03 pm Last Post: Asmodee
	Money is everything	Romney	12	2445	August 27, 2016 at 9:15 am Last Post: Romney
	Do theists need a threat to be moral?	brewer	33	6017	June 14, 2016 at 1:43 am Last Post: robvalue
	Atheists Have the Most Logical Reason for being Moral	Rhondazvous	24	9107	January 22, 2016 at 6:49 pm Last Post: Reforged
	Why Does Sincrety Make Everything Okay?	Rhondazvous	16	4987	September 27, 2015 at 10:22 pm Last Post: Thumpalumpacus
	My supporting POV on selfishness motivating human moral values	smax	60	18296	July 15, 2015 at 5:29 am Last Post: smax
	Can I be sued for saving someone's life? Yes I can	Dystopia	25	7373	July 14, 2015 at 5:47 pm Last Post: Jackalope

View a Printable Version

Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)

Current time: August 6, 2025, 10:43 am Powered By MyBB, © 2002-2025 MyBB Group.Atheist Forums is 16 Years, 11 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 19 Hours, 56 Minutes, 13 Seconds old.
The views expressed on this website are those of the members who express them and do not necessarily represent the views of Atheist Forums, its owners, or staff.