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I think most concepts of God negate free will. If the universe is planned and/or controled by some superior conciousness, then each individual is merely a puppet in a play and each life is meaningless in my estimation.
This is why I cannot understand people who say, if there is no God then life is meaningless. Life is a constant unfolding of the new, without a plan; this is what makes it interesting and meaningful- we are constantly in the process of creation. Any God concept nullifies this and all possible meaning for existence.
If I knew with any degree of certainty that there was a God, I would conclude that life is meaningless and not worth living. Because of this, I would say that free will and the absence of God should be the starting point for anyone who desires to answer the age-old question; Why am I here? If you start assuming there is a God, the only answer is; to do God's will, which doesn't actually answer the question, but only pushes it away from you and lays it on the lap of God. Now we have a bigger question, one we probably could never answer- why is God here and what is the game he is playing with us? And then the final question; Do I want to be a pawn in someone's game? For me, the answer would be no.
This is why I cannot understand people who say, if there is no God then life is meaningless. Life is a constant unfolding of the new, without a plan; this is what makes it interesting and meaningful- we are constantly in the process of creation. Any God concept nullifies this and all possible meaning for existence.
If I knew with any degree of certainty that there was a God, I would conclude that life is meaningless and not worth living. Because of this, I would say that free will and the absence of God should be the starting point for anyone who desires to answer the age-old question; Why am I here? If you start assuming there is a God, the only answer is; to do God's will, which doesn't actually answer the question, but only pushes it away from you and lays it on the lap of God. Now we have a bigger question, one we probably could never answer- why is God here and what is the game he is playing with us? And then the final question; Do I want to be a pawn in someone's game? For me, the answer would be no.
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Re: Free Will
Wed, October 26, 2005 - 1:00 AM"Order impile law. By this, we indicate the form which helps our understanding of order, enableing us to predict and otherwise deal with order. To go on to say, however, that law requires intent, this is another issuse. It does not at all follow from the existence of law. In fact, awarerness of eternity opens quite a countray veiw. Intent requires beginngs: first the intent and then the law. The essence of eternity is no beginnings, no end. Without beginnings, no intent, no eternal motive. Without end, no ultimate goal, no judgment. From theses observations, we postulate that sin and guilt, products of intent, are not fixed deriatives of eternity. At the very least, such concepts as sin-guilt-judgment require beginnings, thus thus occur as segments of eternity. Such concepts are ways of dealing with finite law and, only incidentally, with eternal matters. It is thus we understand how limited and limiting are our projections onto Godhead."
-Challenge of Eternity
