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Free Will and the Bible

Free Will and the Bible



Some assert that man has free will. Some assert that all is determined. Some say (as I do) that free will is compatible with determinism. The debate has raged, unabated, for millennia.



Clearly, an interceding God presents problems for free will. However, a cosmic God - a Creator who does not intervene in human affairs - might be compatible with free will if he keeps his omniscience and omnipotence to himself. I,…

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Added by Atheist Exile on March 3, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

the problem of evil at boot camp

“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?

Then he is not omnipotent.

Is he able, but not willing?

Then he is malevolent.

Is he both able and willing?

Then whence cometh evil?

Is he neither able nor willing?

Then why call him God?” - Epicurus



I recently enlisted in the Navy, and while at boot camp I was fortunate enough to run into several other atheists/nontheists.



However my first bunk mate was very religious. When he first saw that… Continue

Added by Jack Phillips on February 7, 2010 at 7:30pm — 5 Comments

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