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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 11, 2018 at 12:07 am

We can't. Fate and free will cannot coexist.

If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.

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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

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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

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