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Subject:
god's will
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: lrs252-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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04 Sep 2003 11:06 PDT
Expires: 04 Oct 2003 11:06 PDT Question ID: 252265 |
I have a problem with understanding God' will. I believe that when your "time" is up no matter when it be you die in your sleep, car crash, an accident not caused by you, murdered etc. Others believe that if you die in accident say by a drunk driver that was not god's will for you to do it just means that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I believe if God didn't want you to die He would not let you die. Or if you die in an accident but it was your fault because you were at a place at the wrong time so If you die in your sleep is that your fault for going to bed. Can someone help me? |
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Re: god's will
Answered By: omniscientbeing-ga on 04 Sep 2003 13:30 PDT |
lrs252-ga , The concept of "God" takes on a different form for each and every one of us. Some people's perception of "God" is as a type of all-powerful being or force responsible for your creation and, ultimately-- for your death too. Others believe that their God wills only good things to happen to them, and that anything bad like a car accident means they were temporarily not being watched over by their God ("Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly"). Some other people think that there is one singular God watching over all people, and so it is not always possible for him/her/it to be watching any one of us every second of the day and night. If you believe, as you say, that your time is up when it's up, no matter what you happen to be doing, then you could assume that this is the life God has laid out for you. Just because you die does not mean that you did not have a good life--a life that was given to you by God. Without death, there is no life, and what the Lord giveth, the Lord can taketh away for reasons that may be beyond the realm of our comprehension. Early or "unnatural" death does not mean that you did not have a good life before dying, does it? Would you rather have not ever been born were you to know before coming into this world that you would die before reaching old age? Perhaps God gives us what s/he/it can. Here is a passage from the New Testament, St. John 11::25-26: "Jesus said, 'I am the resurrection, and the life: He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die'." Also, from Proverbs 3:5, 6: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and He shall direct thy paths." So, there is the age-old concept that regardless of when or how you depart this world, there awaits a better one for you in the after-life, if you have believed in God and followed his/her will. Also, many people believe that it is best not to question God's will, whatever shape it may take--what happens in this world happens, so to speak, but all will be rectified by God in the End. The following page of links attempt to deal with the general question of why God lets bad things (including death) happen to good people (including children): Google search strategy: Keywords, why does God let me die? ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=why+does+God+let+me+die%3F Gods will: ://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=god%27s+will , I hope this is helpful. Sincerely, omniscientbeing-ga |
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Re: god's will
From: pinkfreud-ga on 04 Sep 2003 11:16 PDT |
Many theologians believe that God has two types of "will." His "perfect will" is that which He prefers; His "permissive will" is that which he allows. The fact that something happens is evidence that God has permitted it, but that does not necessarily mean that He desired it. Since humans have been granted free will, many things outside God's perfect will can occur. |
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Re: god's will
From: joelpt-ga on 04 Sep 2003 12:46 PDT |
I would argue that there is actually no free will. If you look at your decisions, it is quite easy to see that each one has been affected by innumerable experiences in your life, by how your parents raised you, or by your genetic makeup. Even seemingly "free" decisions like "will I have chocolate or strawberry ice cream today" -- are entirely controlled and caused by your past experiences, which lead back forever, to before you were born. The "opporunity" for an action of free will never even arises. Therefore everything that you do, and everything that happens to you, is a pure consequence of "God's will" -- which is really just another term for "cause and effect". 'Accidental' or 'intentional' happenings are really just human concepts, a human overlay on top of what is just the process of cause-and-effect doing its thing. Cause and effect, itself, is neither accidental nor intentional. The shadow falls in such a direction as the sun wills: we do not have free will about having free will. |
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