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Author Topic:   do Christians want their values enforced on everyone by law?
Taz
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Message 67 of 68 (381625)
01-31-2007 11:59 PM
Reply to: Message 66 by Greatest I am
01-31-2007 5:14 PM


Re: Free will
Greatest writes:
Christians are big on God giving us free will.
Many people like myself have brought this up before.
Imagine that I am a big bad gangsta. My gangsta brothers have captured you and is now ready to torture you for our amusement. We present you with 2 boxes to open. One is red and one is blue. We tell you that you have the "free will" to open which ever box you want. However, if you don't open the red box, we'll chop your fingers off, tie a string to your testicles, and drag you behind our car until your testicles are ripped out.
Is it really free will we have been granted if we are threatened with eternal damnation in the lake of fire for not choosing what god wanted us to choose?
I've never been able to understand this free will thing. How the hell is it free will if you suffer greatly for not making the correct choice, like believing in the creator?
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