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Dave Havir - Do You Have Free Will? |
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Dave Havir, cuing in on a reference book, The Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, a source book which purports to answer critics of Christian belief systems providing instant rebuttals for a whole range of attacks, launches into the philosophical and religious topic of whether or not we have free will. Is what we do a result of our own self-will or has God micro-managed our lives. If God is involved in our lives, how much of the lifting are we supposed to attend to? Do we know for sure that an event or circumstance was planned by God? Three life views regarding free will consist of: (1) Indeterminism: suggesting that life is random without an apparent purpose; (2) Determinism: suggesting that life is controlled by events and circumstances (largely environmental and genetic or Theistic determinism in which God determines all the choices) beyond our control; and (3) Self-Determinism–we make our own choices and control our own destiny. At times God seems to micro-manage behavior as He did in Pharaoh’s case, in which the leader of Egypt became a vessel of dishonor. Incidents are apparent in which a hard determinism (in which God controls all the variables) to soft determinism (more compatible with free will). We are responsible to the extent to which we have free will and choice. Rewards and behavior for moral behavior only make sense if it were possible to make a choice. Sometimes God allows time and chance; sometimes God micromanages; sometimes God gives us choices. People are judged on what they know, what they do with what they know, and how they have allowed God to shape their behavior. The unpardonable sin occurs only when people refuse to repent, having set their own free will against God. Babylon * Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics * Blaming God for being late * Compatibolism * Determinism (Naturalistic) * Determinism (Theistic) * Elements of free will * Exodus 3:19-20 * God’s micromanagement * God’s sovereignty * Hard determinism * John 12:47-48 * John 17:12 * Judas Iscariot * Pharaoh * Indeterminism * Revelation 22 * Rude to our spouses * Romans 9:15-21 * Scripture might be fulfilled * Self-determinism * Soft determinism * Unpardonable sin * Universal salvation * Vessels of dishonor * Vessels of honor * Weak link |
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