Free will. Free will?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Usually it's a religious question. Most religions teach that sin or evil was allowed by God to give us free will so that we could decide to choose him or not. This works with the hell doctrine, that if we go there, it's our own choosing. The problem with that is do we as failed human beings with many human factors that effect us really have free will to make the right choice. It's our brain, but it was shaped and indoctrinated to believe what it does.

That's one of the ones I really enjoyed at the Catholic High School I attended. The Augustinian priests there were very open in their discussions.

God may have given us free will, but if he already knows the outcome then how is our decision our own? The difference between predestination and foreordination is as big as the universe, yet so tiny it's only a word or two away.