Someone totally free from all evil and completely themselves?
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unfortunatly not, but i still have many years to find one
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This is called fatalism, and is in logical error. Clearly everything is not predetermined. To your question I add another: did you type that question of your own accord, or was that predetermined too? Obviously, we have free will. Obviously, we have personal responsibility. God is sovereign, which means He has power of choice and consequence. We only have power of choice.
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If you believe God exists then you have accept that He knows everything and therefore everything is His divine plan.  This means that Hitler was His divine plan, cancer is part of His plan, and people who are born disabled are all part of His plan.
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There's a line from the Katha upanishad (hinduism). "Whom the self chooses, by him is he attained". And as was stated by others who previously posted, the Bible got it right too.  I AM.
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My religion has been hassled by the government tons of times. We normally win though =]. I don't think that there is such a thing as being truly free.\n\n-Wiccan teen )O(
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That's the Problem of Evil in a nutshell.  It's why I happen to believe that anyone who believes that there's an all-powerful, all-loving being in charge of everything has rocks in their head.\n\n"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.\nIs he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.\nIs he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?\nIs he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" \n-Epicurus \n\nMost objections that I've heard to the Problem of Evil involve free will, or suffering building character, or it all being part of God's inscrutable plan, or something along those lines. To which my response is "what part of all-powerful don't you understand?" An omnipotent being makes the rules. There is no "only way" for an omnipotent being unless that being wants there to be an only way. It is entirely possible for an all-powerful being to eliminate evil without eliminating free will; we mortals might not know how such a thing is possible, but an all-knowing being surely knows how it is possible, and an all-powerful being surely has the power to make that possibility a reality. The same goes for building character or accomplishing whatever God's divine plan may be: an all-powerful God has the power to do such things without including suffering, pain, darkness, and evil.
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God is also omnipotent, which means He knows all, so he could not do something that goes against his nature, or create something that is more powerful than Himself. He is Awesome!
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there freedom includes:  freedom to wiretap anybody, freedom to dictate your religious values, and of course freedom to attack anybody whose idealogy is different than their own!!!!
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To experience FREE WILL.
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If one can control his mind,all his senses, his thoughts, his actions he can control all the natural elements without any problem.
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You asked how to be happy and wholesome. Cool. You asked the question of non-Christian folk. OK. Lets remember what you didn't ask ... How to attain enlightenment, or get to heaven, or please any Deity. Fair enough. So we'll just stick to those first two things ... How to be happy ... Learn to be content with things as they are. That means to practice simple acceptance of other people, places, things, circumstances, etc. When you can accept things as they are you can live without trying to change those things or control those people or etc. You get the idea. While you're accepting others as they are in order to be happy don't forget to extend that same acceptance to your self. Its just a matter of letting everything be what it is, and knowing that its that way for a reason, and ... that's OK. So far ... HAPPINESS = ACCEPTANCE. Now, wholesome. A dictionary definition of "wholesome" is: #1; Promoting good health or wellbeing, healthful. #2; Improving the mind or morals. #3; Looking healty or vigorous. ... Whoa! You're not asking for much, are you? lol Its not that complicated, really. Give life a little thought. Keep your self and your space clean. Get some exercise. Try to eat a ballanced diet. Take a multiple vitamin daily. The health aspect isn't all that hard. That part about improving the mind and morals? A little more work. Improve the mind? Exercise it a little. Read. Watch a little History Channel. I think you know how to exercise your mind already. Just do it consistently. Your morals? That's simple. Simple ought never be confused with easy. Pick a moral code, and ... LIVE IT! Which one? Hey, not my call. Suggestions? Sure. Center your life on (and you don't have to be any of these things to use something they have that YOU find useful) ... The Wiccan Reede. The Jewish 10 Commandments. The "Golden Rule" of Jesus. Whatever. Picking is the easy part. That's simple. Now, living it, that's another story. Be consistant, but be loving with yourself when you make a mistake too. Just DON'T GIVE IT UP! BE CONSISTANT! And last, but not least, get out of self. You do that by helping others and being there for them. It also gives you the exercise you need in acceptance AND your morals. Neither of those work well in a void. ~ Peace & Blessings ~ ;-)
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one cannot seperate oneself from oneself.  The moment you did it would cease to be the self.
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An omnipotent human? Wouldn't your head explode? \nTo know everything ( EVERYTHING ) at the same time from past, present, and beyond? No thank you.
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Well it's true, a person's belief is stronger than medicine sometimes, faith can heal or injure. A person who wants to be sick will never be cured no matter how much time and money is spent, unless they get the cure they desire. After all it's literally "in your mind" and no one can get in there. They can use drugs to blur your mind, or electro-shock therapy to try "re-wiring"  it drastically, literally forcing you to think differently, the same as people recovering from strokes or major brain injuries learn to. Much of dementia is caused simply by letting our minds go. Do I believe in satanic possessions? I'm not sure, but I believe there is potential for great good or great evil in every person, it's a battle waged within us every moment, and sometimes people feel the best way to face temptation is to yield to it and then claim they are a victim, "temporary insanity", or even demonic "possession." I don't know, but I believe evil requires a human body, a physical presence, in order to have power. And it's too easy to have a cop out like saying "I can't help myself". If a person is possessed I doubt any "exorcism" could work unless they want it to. But I'd like to know if any study was ever done to see if people with no religous beliefs ever get "possessed"?
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I believe that God is in full control of everything.
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I would be so freakin happy that they were made whole. I don't care if it's the worst person ever to walk the face of the earth. I love all, and I want to see all saved. I'm not sure about my stance on hell, I'm currently considering that, and looking in the Bible for what it teaches. I think there is a strong possibility that those put into the lake of fire will be obliterated rather than eternally tortured. If that is true, then they could not be freed. But, no, I would not feel cheated at all. I could not imagine being personally triumphant in the damnation of others.
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Be a good human being. Be honest to yourself. Wish and seek the truth about life diligently. Do to others what you want from them. Do not get trapped in any belief system. Be a free human being. Without freedom, there cannot be growth.