Comments on: Do we really have free will? http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/ Thoughts from Australian cartoonist and pastor, Matt Glover Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:22:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Alison http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11229 Alison Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:37:33 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11229 hmm. this life is the only one you've got on earth, to do God's work. (after you die, you won't be working, you'll be worshipping) so I don't agree with Fidel.. hmm. this life is the only one you’ve got on earth, to do God’s work. (after you die, you won’t be working, you’ll be worshipping)

so I don’t agree with Fidel..

]]> By: roland http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11223 roland Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:08:40 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11223 hi, i have been arguing about this for a long time with my friends, usually they think that i'm already loosing it, i really do believe in God..... because it is too obvious that there is a super powerful force behind this beautiful world, planets, galaxies, etc. now, i always tell them that because God gave and provided everything, yourself, your brain, environment, everything, and the fact that He knows what you are going to do in the future, not only what you are going to do, but everything in the future, then..... where is free will in that????? i think everything is scripted, you may ask why and what for..... my answer is a big "i don't know". sometimes i think why i waste my time thinking about these things, these are so complicated..... i should think of simple things like "how will i pay my bankcard debt"..... which is also very simple but i also can't solve..... i think castro was right when he said..... why worry of reputation, history, etc. every thing..... when the big bang (or big crunch) comes, we are going to be back to atoms or what ever, so just enjoy what ever you are or have..... cheers hi,

i have been arguing about this for a long time with my friends, usually they think that i’m already loosing it,
i really do believe in God….. because it is too obvious
that there is a super powerful force behind this beautiful
world, planets, galaxies, etc.

now, i always tell them that because God gave and provided
everything, yourself, your brain, environment, everything,
and the fact that He knows what you are going to do in the
future, not only what you are going to do, but everything
in the future, then….. where is free will in that?????

i think everything is scripted, you may ask why and what for….. my answer is a big “i don’t know”.

sometimes i think why i waste my time thinking about these
things, these are so complicated….. i should think of simple things like “how will i pay my bankcard debt”…..
which is also very simple but i also can’t solve…..

i think castro was right when he said….. why worry of
reputation, history, etc. every thing….. when the big bang (or big crunch) comes, we are going to be back to
atoms or what ever, so just enjoy what ever you are or have…..

cheers

]]> By: Matt Glover http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11103 Matt Glover Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:49:28 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11103 I think experience tells us that we have free will. It's when we screw things up really badly that we start looking for something else to blame for the mistakes we make - if we don't have free will, then it's not our fault! I think experience tells us that we have free will.

It’s when we screw things up really badly that we start looking for something else to blame for the mistakes we make - if we don’t have free will, then it’s not our fault!

]]> By: Alison http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11095 Alison Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:11:27 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11095 If there is no such thing as free will, then at least there is an illusion that there is. Every little decision could matter- (think butterfly effect) but these are so small, they appear to be arbitrary, (like, blue shirt, red shirt?; cornflakes, wheetbix? questions) So we think we are making them ourselves. However these small decisions build up and guide us to where we are supposed to be. Hence a confusing explanation that we might not have free will, just the illusion of it. For myself, I'm not too worried about the whole free-will thing. If there is a benevolent being (God) guiding my life, that's pretty cool. I should live as though it's all up to me though. No laziness. But for others, perhaps non-Christians, it's not a rosy feeling. I know we say that people choose to go to Hell, but then you've got "God chose you" verses. Maybe, God CHOOSES EVERYBODY. There is no exclusion. That's the predestination stuff. And then some people decide to ignore God and do their own thing. That's the free will stuff. Which doesn't completely answer all my questions, but it will do for now. sorry for a ramble. If there is no such thing as free will, then at least there is an illusion that there is. Every little decision could matter- (think butterfly effect) but these are so small, they appear to be arbitrary, (like, blue shirt, red shirt?; cornflakes, wheetbix? questions) So we think we are making them ourselves. However these small decisions build up and guide us to where we are supposed to be. Hence a confusing explanation that we might not have free will, just the illusion of it.

For myself, I’m not too worried about the whole free-will thing. If there is a benevolent being (God) guiding my life, that’s pretty cool. I should live as though it’s all up to me though. No laziness.

But for others, perhaps non-Christians, it’s not a rosy feeling. I know we say that people choose to go to Hell, but then you’ve got “God chose you” verses.

Maybe, God CHOOSES EVERYBODY. There is no exclusion. That’s the predestination stuff. And then some people decide to ignore God and do their own thing. That’s the free will stuff.

Which doesn’t completely answer all my questions, but it will do for now. sorry for a ramble.

]]> By: Dave http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11091 Dave Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:45:22 +0000 http://www.mattglover.com/wordpress/wordpress/2007/01/10/do-we-really-have-free-will/#comment-11091 Wow, if true, we'd be able to predict anything... could be kinda scary... but then of course, you'd know when the lastest gadget was coming out!! ;) Wow, if true, we’d be able to predict anything… could be kinda scary… but then of course, you’d know when the lastest gadget was coming out!! ;)

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