tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940991642941733050.post8125662606951953271..comments2023-05-11T09:47:32.085-04:00Comments on Hippyish: Careful, I'm Trying TheologySpiffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18187998345883169301noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940991642941733050.post-30628030635323243962011-01-22T15:00:21.064-05:002011-01-22T15:00:21.064-05:00It's not a bug, it's a feature!
I think t...It's not a bug, it's a feature!<br /><br />I think the thing with free will is that a choice has no value unless their are realistic alternatives. Sure, an omnipotent God knows where we're going to choose, but we don't.<br /><br />I'm not religious, but I've always imagined the moment when someone finds God to be something special, something huge. Your life suddenly has purpose, importance. In order for us to feel like that, it has to be a choice, and in order for it to be a choice, there have to be realistic alternatives. We have to 'find' God, and not have God imposed on us.<br /><br />The whole, 'condemned to Hell' thing is something that I don't get. It would make more sense to send us back to Earth after we die, and keep sending us back until we did find God and were saved. But hey, who am I to second-guess the mind of God?<br /><br />The Grecian playwrites pretty much nailed free will for me: It doesn't matter if the Gods know what's going to happen, we don't. To us mortals, there's no difference between free will and the illusion of free will.Foxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831126804440605489noreply@blogger.com