(April 28, 2020 at 2:14 am)cleansed Wrote: If God did not exist, there could be no free will since everything would determined by natural processes that started at the beginning of the Universe. If the Universe could be rewound and set in motion at the same point once again it would unfold in exactly the same way every single time. So no matter what I do I will always do what I have been predetermined to do. I could try to somehow work against it but of course that was predetermined as well.
How do you know we have free will ?
Quote:Because God created the Universe,
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Quote:and God is transcendent of the material world,
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Quote:He can give His creatures the ability to make meaningful choices.
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Quote: Their behavior is no longer solely determined by the initial conditions of the Universe, because God is also influencing their behavior.
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Quote:If they are predetermined by the Universe to like vanilla ice cream for instance, God can influence them in such a way as to prefer chocolate ice cream.
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Quote:Human beings also have a spiritual nature which transcends material reality because they possess a soul and a spirit.
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Quote:These are additional influences which feed into the choices that they make.
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Quote:They are influenced not just by the material world, but also the spiritual world and the creatures in it.
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Quote:So, human behavior could never be predicted by material science only. Even if you knew and understood everything about the initial conditions of the Universe you would still be unable to accurately predict human behavior.
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Do you see now why we ask for evidence of the god of your choice ?
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'
