re: Free will

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re: Free will

Tom Brosz — 5/3/2004 6:48:05 PM (archived)

C. S. Lewis explains the problems of free will and Why God Allows Bad Things To Happen much better than I ever could.

My short answer: God sees every sparrow fall. But He doesn't catch them.

This is why we're human, and not robots. You've raised children. You know what it's like to have to sit on your hands when they are screwing up.

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Curious about correlation between political beliefs and religion here - Art Martin - 4/30/2004 11:18:35 PM
- Agnostic here - alcaray - 5/4/2004 8:47:08 PM
- Why is this on Flame? - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 8:11:02 PM
  - Because Joan d' Arc was burned at the stake. - Bowser - 5/3/2004 10:02:39 PM
    - wow, always thought she was burned with the steak (n/t) - Art Martin - 5/3/2004 10:13:11 PM
      - A plank steak got away from 'em. No OHSA. - Bowser - 5/4/2004 12:19:50 AM
  - re: Why is this on Flame? - Art Martin - 5/3/2004 9:13:44 PM
- Conservative Christian. - REB - 5/3/2004 5:33:30 PM
- re: I believe that: - Johannes - 5/3/2004 4:33:31 AM
- Is there a correlation? - SDG - 5/3/2004 12:55:51 AM
  - re: Is there a correlation? - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:30:11 AM
    - re: Is there a correlation? - SDG - 5/3/2004 2:59:02 PM
    - Church as social club - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 1:33:59 PM
      - re: Free will - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 6:48:05 PM
        
        Raising children - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 8:00:56 PM
        
        re: Raising children - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 10:02:11 PM
        
        Faith - REB - 5/4/2004 12:59:22 PM
        
        re: Free will - REB - 5/3/2004 7:29:13 PM
      - re: Church as social club - SDG - 5/3/2004 3:09:36 PM
        
        Annoyance quotient = recruitment attempts / 365 - Mary Anne - 5/3/2004 6:00:56 PM
- Liberal Jew - Fox - 5/2/2004 4:25:25 PM
  - re: Liberal Jew...a doctor in a Mercedes Benz?.... (n/t) - Publius - 5/4/2004 12:03:09 AM
    - No - in fact, the opposite extreme of the social/economic spectrum - Fox - 5/5/2004 2:34:55 AM
- Well, this is "Flame". One thing you ought to know, Art. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 7:06:34 PM
  - Thank You Mr. Dangerfield (n/t) - Tony - 5/3/2004 1:15:48 PM
  - re: Well, this is "Flame". One thing you ought to know, Art. - Art Martin - 5/2/2004 4:05:39 AM
    - You're gonna fit right in - Fox - 5/2/2004 5:32:29 PM
  - Feeling sorry for yourself? - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 12:29:39 AM
    - Thanks, Buck, but my tongue darned near went thru my cheek when I wrote that one. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/2/2004 6:14:40 AM
- Atheist - McFly - 5/1/2004 1:14:17 PM
  - re: the Bible as SF - Fox - 5/2/2004 7:06:12 PM
  - ps. Before someone accuses me of saying that Jesus believed himself to be the son of God, that's not what I said. (n/t) - McFly - 5/1/2004 4:07:05 PM
    - re: From a certain viewpoint, we're all sons of God... - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 6:14:18 PM
      - The softest of all things / Overcomes the hardest of all things.... (n/t) - ~ Lao Tsu ~ - 5/3/2004 3:11:31 AM
      - And: "the kingdom of God is within you" (n/t) - Luke - 5/3/2004 3:03:03 AM
- re: Atheist - Raoul - 5/1/2004 9:34:51 AM
  - the problem atheists have is....... - Publius - 5/3/2004 11:59:43 PM
    - re: the problem atheists have is....... - McFly - 5/4/2004 2:50:09 PM
  - The problem - atheist or agnostic. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 11:40:34 AM
  - re: or agnostic? - Raoul - 5/1/2004 9:41:33 AM
    - re: or agnostic? - gbaikie - 5/1/2004 5:30:54 PM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:24:00 AM
        
        re: definitions - Art Martin - 5/2/2004 4:23:40 AM
        
        limits: Sunday morning meditation - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:41:17 PM
        
        At the Asymptote - Fox - 5/3/2004 1:37:38 AM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:23:51 AM
      - definitions - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2004 1:23:40 AM
        
        Wow! Check it out! Buck is a trinity! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2004 2:56:47 AM
        
        re: Wow! So are you - Johannes - 5/3/2004 1:27:32 AM
        
        God's gonna get you for that one, Tom. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:46:49 PM
        
        God's gonna get you for that one, Tom. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 5/2/2004 5:46:26 PM
        
        Hmmm...your religion seems to have something pertaining to duality in it... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2004 5:05:01 AM
      - good point - FrankC - 5/1/2004 5:47:01 PM
- re: Curious about correlation between political beliefs and religion here - Art Martin - 5/1/2004 7:30:09 AM
- Agnostic, and the voice of the hard (non religious) right on these boards. (n/t) - Lee - 5/1/2004 5:33:32 AM
- Agnostic & Moderate - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2004 3:10:17 AM
- Believer - more Buddhist than Jewish, was raised Roman Catholic. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/1/2004 2:39:37 AM
  - hey, Bowser . . . - Fox - 5/2/2004 5:02:57 PM
    - I'll get it tomorrow. - Bowser - 5/2/2004 5:46:01 PM
  - Buddhism is good - FrankC - 5/1/2004 3:18:06 AM
    - Buddhism and violence. - Bowser - 5/1/2004 4:52:45 AM
- agnostic - Mary Anne - 5/1/2004 2:29:52 AM
  - You aren't an athiest? - alcaray - 5/4/2004 8:57:46 PM
    - Nope. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2004 1:37:42 PM
    - re: Can you prove that space and mass were not created ? (n/t) - Johannes - 5/5/2004 4:25:50 AM
      - Can you prove they were? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2004 3:41:51 PM
- Agnostic - FrankC - 5/1/2004 1:20:28 AM
- a small edit here and there - Tony - 5/1/2004 12:05:07 AM

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