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Originally Posted by oojay
This sort of begs the question: Is it truly free will if it must be GIVEN to us, and not inherently a part of us to begin with?
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God gave us our lives and existence. Anything inherit, including free will, is given by HIM.
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Originally Posted by oojay
This is completely contradictory to the Bible, which says that God is perfect. It also says the we are created in his image and likeness. How can we be imperfect if he is perfect, yet we are created in his image?
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God is perfect, yes. Because His a perfect Creator, He made us humans in His own image and likeness. All of us humans has that inherit nature of being loving, caring, good, kind just like God. But because of free will, some humans decide and choose to go the different path (violent, rude, evil, brutal). Our actions make us imperfect. And God is fully aware of that.
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Originally Posted by oojay
If he died to save us all from Hell, then why do our actions matter? How can our bad behavior send us to Hell if he already died to save us?
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I don't believe in Hell. But I do believe that God opens the doors of heaven for all of us. He understands our bad behaviours, but that doesn't make Him love us any less. We are His children and he loves us no less than the Pope or the Saints.