Do we have a "free will" or are we chosen by God to go to Heaven?
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"i'm as free as i want to be"-god
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Ok, prepair yourself.  Before God even began creating the earth he has known EVERYTHING.  He knew that you would ask this question and that i would answer it.  God's choice is more God's will, and we are all in God's will.  If he wills it, it IS. \n\nIts easier to think of as a destiny.  He has the path set and we follow it.  Eventhough we are making our own desicions they are not new to Him.
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No. How can an imaginary being have free will? There is no god so you will just have to accept:\n\n1. Mortality\n2. Responsibility\n3. Science
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Hmm...this is an interesting question. \nI suppose I believe that everyone has been chosen, both by God and the Dark One. They both have work for us to do and a purpose. The question, I suppose, would be who we choose to follow. At one particular point or another, a person reaches a "fork in the road," and has to decide which way to go. It's all a part of Freewill.
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This is not a question. Be honest with yourself and us. \n\nBut if you want the truth, there is only one sin and one sin alone that keeps us from heaven, and that is not receiving God's free gift of salvation through His Son. You need to realize that good works do NOT get us to heaven. You cannot buy your way there, that is why Jesus had to pay the price for us. It is a debt we could not pay. But don't worry, if you want your companion more than God, He will not stand in the way of your decision, that is what free will is for. If you are willing to pay an eternal price for such a decision, it will be your choice and your choice alone. You might want to talk to God about it first.
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Free will begins only when you start  making decisions for your self. I don't know why you would associate free will or the absence thereof to being born.
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He knows what's going to happen no matter what we do. We have the free will to choose Him or to not, and to choose anything else or to not. He knows what we're going to choose or what we're going to do, but that doesn't stop us from being the ones who choose it. See? If He created humans without free will, then His reason behind the creation would be pointless. We'd just be like puppets on a string, running around doing what He wants. He doesn't want that. He didn't create us to be something to play with, He created us to have a relationship with us.
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We do have free will, but all in all God knows everything. We have free will because he's not trying to change us (Or is he?)...
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Do you know what will happen 5 minutes from now? Neither do I. God does, but he's not saying. So in 5 minutes when I make a choice, God will know what choice I'll make before I make ti - but until I make the choice I won't know. That's free will and God's omniscience.
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Yes he is there. and yes he really wants you. Most of the people talk about well if its in Gods will ill go to heaven and if its not i want well i guess they missed the chapter on free will. God will let you make your own choices weither they are right or wrong. If he can't get you to fullfil the purpose he has for you he will raise up someone one else to take your place. but i dont feel the need to Burn in a lake of pitch black fire just to keep from some one talking about me being crazy for believeing something that they cant see. Well i dont have to see him to know that he is there.
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I think you are on to something!\n\nYou will no doubt have those come in and sprat about "free will".. but if god knew everything and "has a plan".. then I am voting for YOUR thought here!
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Nobody really knows, but people theorize that if we have free will, then there must be many parallel universes; a new universe for every choice any one has ever made. If we don't have free will, then there is just one universe and we chose the choices we would have always chosen because of our upbringing and the way our brains have been wired through our life experiences.
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Your question sounds very skeptical.  Free will means that you are able to choose if you want to do what is God's will or not.  The bible teaches that following God's guidance is for our benefit, it is not a burden.  When you get a through understanding of what is that God requires of you you find this to be true.  Unfortunately many religions put heavy weights or burdens on the arms of people because they do not teach using the bible as the basis for their teaching.  If you do not follow God's commandments then you are using your free will to disobey and therefore you are sinning.  As you see, free will is being able to make your own decision: "will I serve God or will I disobey him?". You will have to respond for your actions when judgment comes.
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It is my belief that God simply knows the end of each possible path in your life. He knows if you choose road A where it will lead, and if you choose road B where it will lead...but the choosing is up to you.\n\nNo one knows what God's plan is, we can only do the best we can with what we've been given.
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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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A combination of both.\n\n1. We are free to choose, at any given instance and depending on our degree of conscious awareness of our actions and overall motivations, any action possible.\n\n2. There are only a given number of possibilities. I am not able to pick up a cup - with my hand - that is 2000 miles away from me.  This is similar to the way that predestination works - God knows what I will do because he knows my heart, my potential, and my capabilities at any given instant.\n\n~ There is no discrepancy between the two if you realize that God operates outside our conventional viewpoint regarding time.  All things that have occured since the beginning of TIME until the end of TIME (the discussion of what this entails is quite complicated and another matter entirely) are within the scope of God's apprehension and understanding.
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God is all powerful. He (or She) could have done anything.\n\nHowever God in His unlimited love has given US the free will to choose. We choose to accept or reject God's constant offer of spending eternity with Him in heaven. God will respect the choice we make.