No Free Will

I truly believe that there is no free will. This is my reasoning for it:

To me free will means we choose our path/destination in life. Free will would give us the choice to choose to go left or right when a fork appears in our road of life.

However God is supposed to be all seeing and all knowing, which i believe in. So if God is all seeing and all knowing God already k ows which path each of us will take. If God knows which path we will take than we have no free will because God already knows whoch path we will choose.

If you claim that you have free will and your path isn't already chosen than you can not claim that Gos is all seeing and all knowing. And by your point of view, God doesn't know all and see all, which would thus make God cease to exist.

This is of course the most simplest way to state what free will is but if you spent half a second thinking about it you'll realize I'm correct. If you disagree you're either closed minded or too ignorant to think it through

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Graylight · 51-55, F

The flaw in you theory is this: You confuse God's omniscience with a duty on his part to act.

You have choice. Free will. You can choose not to go to work tomorrow. You can choose which team you think'll win this weekend, you can choose to hurt someone or help them, you can choose to put up with where you live or relocate. Your life is full of free will. It's [i]all [/i]free will.

But you think God - who's supposed to be able to see everything coming - is the one responsible to act on your behalf. And why? To save you pain? To avoid a harsh truth? To keep from being damaged in some way? Not all painful lessons are bad; in fact, they're often our best teachers.

And just how is it you presume to know the mind of God, what He should do or whether he's acting to his fullest capacity?

You have free will. Each and every day, and with every freely made choice comes another portion of the road. Maybe, just maybe, you destiny isn't known to anyone or anything until it unfolds in that moment.

Honestly, the "why does God let bad things happen if he knows everything" argument is fairly remedial.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Graylight If you had the ability to stop kids getting cancer or sexually abused would you use that ability to stop those things? Do you think a decent person would stop those things occuring if they could?
Your god apparently has the ability but chooses not to stop them.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Entwistle That's right. Because the Universe is a place of balance. All sunshine makes a desert. Pain informs. Loss teaches. Hard times toughen. We have no control over the slings and arrows that come our way.

No one promised to save your from yourself. No one guaranteed a life free of pain if you say you love God. And what you may see as a bad turn of events may be a pivotal moment of learning in another's life. See, my God didn't leave me in charge to judge everyone else in His absence, either.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Graylight More nonsense to distract from the reality of the question and the situation.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@Entwistle Really not. It speaks directly to the simplicity of a "why to bad things..." argument.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@Graylight You agree your god could stop starvation and child abuse though yeah? He just chooses not to..is that right?