Is love is governed by "free will" just like other actions? Do you think we are predestined to a person?
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I think we all have a small pool of very compatable partners.  Most people don't wait for someone very compatable, though.
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I have not much other than my own experience (thirty something years) to tell you that love as some of the emotions that we have can be explained scientifically to a certain extent.  By definition, you are very correct on your belief; it is also important that you maintain an open mind (and most importantly, open heart) to consider other points of view.  I consider that 'true, profound, unconditional love' is all the same.  Unfortunately our usage of the word has become degradated and we refer to love as a lesser quality that it really is.  I do not think that the definition of love is affected by semantics as much as it is enriched by one's own experience.  My humble advice is spend less time defining it and more giving it since by doing that you will gain a broader understanding for sure.
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I believe we decide to love other people. What we think of as love or the way we feel when we're in love is really just a lot of chemicals playing tricks on us. To really love someone and to commit to them it has to be a conscious decision or we'll give in to an illusion and it won't last.
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I believe we are all given free will.  God's desire is for us to have a relationship with him and to follow him.  However, the Bible says that every inclination of man's heart is evil. (Gen. 6:5)  As we know Him more, study His Word, pray, and through the Holy Spirit, our hearts can change.  However, we will never be "perfect".  This is why He sent His son, Jesus.  \n\nI do not believe God "makes" bad things happen.  But I do believe he can use those things to teach us, draw us back to Him, and to draw those who don't know Him at all to Him.\n\nI have a 2 year old son.  Yesterday, I was walking with him and he fell and hurt his knee.  I was right there, but I didn't catch him before he hit the ground.  But, I picked him up, took care of him, kissed him and held him while he cried.  That's what our Father does for us.  This world (until Christ's return) belongs to Satan, but God is always with us.
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A person who is brainwashed doesn't have free will.  They may THINK that they do, but in reality, they do not.\n\nYou cannot have free will if the reasoning you are using to make your 'free' thinking decisions are tainted.
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Because free will is all about choices. God know before a person chooses but HE doesnt choose for that person...its up to the person...People are finite, GOD IS INFINITE. That's what makes HIM GOD!!! And if you dont get it...be not dismayed...neither do I...but I believe and have faith in HIM who created heaven and earth.  He wants our love and He wants us to choose HIM...ptl
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We DON'T have to. It happens naturally. LOVE is what rules the world. That's the connection we all have with one another. We, human beings, at the end, ALL we want is to be LOVED.
742164
relationships, and love for that matter, are not supposed to be judged/prejudged based on one event.  love is a decision to commit, not blind faith based on perceived symbolisms.  God has a reason for everything, every time.  It's not just the "ME" and the "NOW."
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God doesn't make mistakes lol! Think about this... would you want someone doing something for you or in your name if they didn't want to be doing it?? \nAlso, if we didn't have free will we would pretty much just be robots. Where is the beauty in that?
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good question. God gave us freewill, that means we can do whatever we want to it means your free to shoot the next person you see and God won't intervene, it sounds harsh but God wants us to be humans and not robots. but there's consequences to everything we do, we destroy the earth with our sin, sin doesn't just effect each other it effects everything around us, animals, birds, weather etc etc. God gave us freewill so we'd come to him willingly, he doesn't want to force himself on us...that's not love. He loves us enough to give us a choice to follow him or to not follow him. God hates what is going on in the earth, but he does intervene when needed. the tsunami for example, loads of people helped out with that in a world without God no one would care because why should we ?? without God it's survival of the fittest, it's kill or be killed there's no point in life pretty much. anyway God doesn't allow pain and suffering in heaven there will be none. our sin is the cause of pain and suffering.
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We all have free will - the ability to make choices, good or bad.  Many misuse this gift and choose to  hurt others.  Some, for whatever reason, don't seem to care who they hurt.  Some believe they are doing it for a good reason (like in war).\n\nWe can't control what other people choose to do.  From your question, it sounds like you are the sort that will choose to be kind to others. ;-)
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He does have free will, but He has promised "I will never leave you nor forsake you".  We can depend on Him to always be there for us.
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Assuming for the sake of argument that the Christian mythology is true, of course it's not a fair judging. Just because God is more powerful than we are and made us doesn't automatically give him the right to tell me what to do. Granting us free will is philosophically identical to granting us control over our own being. It's irrelevant that he made us. It's just like the government, just because it's big and has all the guns doesn't give it any actual authority over us other than what it takes by force (in God's case, threats of hell).
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To a degree. I also, however believe in free will. It's sometimes a fine line, don't you think?
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Technically, free will is an illusion.  Given all the data present in any situation, including the data that a person has accumulated over a lifetime, it is possible in principle to calculate the outcome.  As a practical matter, this is of course impossible, and "free will" is an appropriate model for the actual situation.
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Both.\n\nWe are predestined for God's glory, meaning God has a plan for every life he created.  This plan is to further his Glory and to perform great things through us.\n\nWe have free will.  We chose if we are to walk this path or choose not too.\n\nSince God exists outside of time, he already knows what is going to happen.  But it is still OUR choice to walk in obedience or walk in the world.
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i guess free will is null since we are inclined to be horny eh? good point