It always seemed weird to me that the Christian god gave us free will, then lets us choose between what is good and what isn't (by His rules, of course) and if we choose to pick what isn't, He would punish us for eternity. How is that free will? If He really loves us, wouldn't it make more sense to let us choose between "good" and "bad" without any positive or negative consequences? If you want to see how the concept of free will is corrupted in the Christian view, watch the film "God's not Dead". The main character, who is a Christian, also answered the famous Epicurean paradox and... it was genuinely laughable. His argument was, simply put, "God is both willing and knowing, and He will vanquish the problem of evil on Earth... but just not yet".
(August 27, 2014 at 9:15 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: "But, ah!" the Christian is likely to retort, "in heaven, we choose to be good all the time! Our freedom is not impugned because we have made our choice on earth, since that is the purpose of our free will here, that it allows us to choose God, and that makes heaven an even better possible domain to dwell in! Therefore, no one in heaven will want to do evil!"So... there is free will in heaven? And everyone is good in there? How can we recognize the presence of free will in heaven if there are no contrasts to compare to the majority? It makes absolutely no sense.
