God & Free Will
Does God exercise free will?
I think not.
If you take the view that God IS the universe, then God's full-time "job" is ensuring that the Laws of the Universe are enforced. F=MA. V=IR. No exception. Ever.
We see no evidence of free will in these universal laws themselves. They appear to be the same everywhere throughout the universe. Yet, when we observe the universe on a regional basis, it appears to be in complete chaos. What a mess! If God is so precise about the Laws of the Universe, then why are their engineering applications so sloppy?
A lack of free will for God to do anything about the mess is the only reason I can imagine.
And, if that be so, then it is the engineering applications of the Laws of Nature themselves that exercise free will rather than the God in them.
The question we often hear asked when a young mother dies in an automobile crash, or in some other horrible way, is "Why is God so cruel?". The answer is that it's the application of God's laws, not God, that is cruel. The more branches the mother and her body take in the forks of life's road, the greater the likelihood of having taken one or mores branches ultimately leading to the great catastrophe of death. Some exercises in free will are easy; "Shall I (a) turn in front of that ongoing car or (b) wait until it passes?" Others are harder: "Should I accept the offer to (a) SuperSize those fries or (b) not?" Your choice in both instances can kill you.
Now isn't that an unexpected conclusion?
I think not.
If you take the view that God IS the universe, then God's full-time "job" is ensuring that the Laws of the Universe are enforced. F=MA. V=IR. No exception. Ever.
We see no evidence of free will in these universal laws themselves. They appear to be the same everywhere throughout the universe. Yet, when we observe the universe on a regional basis, it appears to be in complete chaos. What a mess! If God is so precise about the Laws of the Universe, then why are their engineering applications so sloppy?
A lack of free will for God to do anything about the mess is the only reason I can imagine.
And, if that be so, then it is the engineering applications of the Laws of Nature themselves that exercise free will rather than the God in them.
The question we often hear asked when a young mother dies in an automobile crash, or in some other horrible way, is "Why is God so cruel?". The answer is that it's the application of God's laws, not God, that is cruel. The more branches the mother and her body take in the forks of life's road, the greater the likelihood of having taken one or mores branches ultimately leading to the great catastrophe of death. Some exercises in free will are easy; "Shall I (a) turn in front of that ongoing car or (b) wait until it passes?" Others are harder: "Should I accept the offer to (a) SuperSize those fries or (b) not?" Your choice in both instances can kill you.
Now isn't that an unexpected conclusion?
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