How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?

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How Can We Have Moral Direction If God Controls Everything?

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

October 10, 2018 at 7:18 pm

(October 10, 2018 at 7:13 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:
(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.

Yes, people who believe in god always know his will. Then they depend on him to do damage control getting them out of the trouble they got into doing what they thought he told them to do in the first place. Very efficient system of moral decision making.

I think you should get to know more Christians. This seems like an odd and bad view to me.

But I am curious what this has to do with the context of the thread? Seems more like prooftexting to me.

It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is what it takes to convince even an unreasonable man. - Alexander Vilenkin
If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther

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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 Foxaèr - 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 Foxaèr - 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 Foxaèr - 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

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