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totus_tuus wrote:Loc

Submitted by ProzacDeathWish on May 11, 2008 - 6:59pm.

totus_tuus wrote:

Loc wrote:
I've often wanted to ask christians the same thing. "God me me atheist,who are you to question him?' You'll get some nonsense about free will.

But if free will is nonsense, if our thoughts and beliefs are simply the sum of electrochemical reactions in the brain as a result of previous experiences, then I am just as inevitably bound to be a theist.  If there is no free will, if we are truly incapable of making choices, then punishing crime is futile since that person wasn't responsible for his actions, but was instead the innocent victim of a series electro-chemical reactions over which he had no control.  Remove free will from man and you inevitably remove responsibility.  You'v achieved the ultimate predestination, far beyond anything Calvin could ever possibly imagine.

Now there's some true nonsense. 

Yes, but my question dealt with the choices that God makes.  As a Christian I assumed that God knew my limitations and weaknesses and would preserve me from more than my faith could bear.  I was raised to view God as my provider and protector, not someone who would lead me into a theological minefield just to see if I would survive or not.

When I die I want to go like my grandfather did, peaceful and in my sleep, not screaming like the passengers in his car.

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