(September 2, 2012 at 3:41 am)FallentoReason Wrote:(September 2, 2012 at 3:10 am)Godschild Wrote:
Isn't this the particular belief of a denomination that says the only choice we ever get in life is to accept God or not? The rest is predetermined.
If so, please explain how that works out? Look at me; because of my external circumstances that I cannot control due to no free will I have been led to exercise my only bit of free will (accept/reject God) and managed to pick wrongly and send myself to hell eventually. The silly thing about all of this is that God knew this from the beginning. What sort of joke is that?
If it is I'm not a believer in predetermination, God will allow you many choices in life and not sway you one way or the other, that does not mean He want have some control over your life. He will exert what He wills to bring redemption to it's final conclusion, you will never know He is using your life for His purpose as long as you are not a christian. Actually many Christians do not have a relationship deep enough to realize God is working through them, that is really a shame, they miss out on the joy that can come with that experience. God's work is no joke, if it were I'm sure you would hear Him laughing.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
