Pre-destination
Not only do most people reject the theory of pre-destination, but most people won’t even consider it as a possibility. It is difficult to consider and accept because it requires us to relinquish control, and we love to be in control.
What if God has pre-destined every thing in this world? Can you allow Him that right?
When you made up your mind, did you even allow it to be possible? Were you unbiased, or did you hope you would come to a certain conclusion?
It is always wise to hold your theories with an open palm.
We must come to a point where we have no will of our own, where any answer is acceptable. If we are pre-destined, it’s okay. If we are not, it’s okay. If He leaves you with no answer, it’s okay.
When nothing can change your love for or commitment to God, maybe that is when He reveals the truth.
We’re either pre-destined or we’re not, and no matter what you believe, the truth remains. Are you willing to know it?
What if God has pre-destined every thing in this world? Can you allow Him that right?
When you made up your mind, did you even allow it to be possible? Were you unbiased, or did you hope you would come to a certain conclusion?
It is always wise to hold your theories with an open palm.
We must come to a point where we have no will of our own, where any answer is acceptable. If we are pre-destined, it’s okay. If we are not, it’s okay. If He leaves you with no answer, it’s okay.
When nothing can change your love for or commitment to God, maybe that is when He reveals the truth.
We’re either pre-destined or we’re not, and no matter what you believe, the truth remains. Are you willing to know it?
posted by Amy at
10:15 PM
6 Comments:
Actually, if we are pre-destined then it is irrelevant if I am willing to know it or not. God has destined me to know it or not and I have no control over that. Therefore, your entire blog has no point because we cannot affect change, we can only be God's pawns.
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Anonymous, at 10:59 PM
"It is difficult to consider and accept because it requires us to relinquish control, and we love to be in control."
Or perhaps we reject determinism because our every experience contradicts it? Intent and causality are the cognitive structures that make us sentient beings---to remove them is to become animals.
"We’re either pre-destined or we’re not, and no matter what you believe, the truth remains. Are you willing to know it?"
- As anonymous above said, you need to re-think this question. If determinism is real, asking us if we are "willing" is completely meaningless.
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Anonymous, at 2:51 PM
vaard you are missing the point. Given determinism in the Terry Schiavo example, it is also be God's irresistible for the Congressman to intervene.
And our prayers are simply deft twists of the Puppetmaster's strings sending His puppets to their knees.
Pretty picture, isn't it?
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Anonymous, at 3:34 PM
...and I didn't even say I believed pre-destination was a fact!
I agree, my last question was inconsistent. I should have said "Will you know it?"
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Amy, at 8:27 PM
I believe that God is more than a boy in an ant farm, but less than an extreme dictator. I believe God takes an active interest in our day to day lives, but lets us live them the way we want unless he is forced to intervene or we ask him to. Let's take for instance Sodom and Gomorrah. God was not happy with S&G. Why would he create something he wasn't happy with? If all he wanted were robots to do his will, then why wouldn't he create robots to do his will? Instead, he gave us free will, the ability to make him unhappy. However, Abraham also negotiated with God, changed God's plan. God is flexible yet rigid. He loves us all, but is just. He knows all, yet learns. It would be no fun for him, if he forced us to do his bidding, so he gives us free will and is excited and disappointed by the choices we make.
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Anonymous, at 11:49 PM
And since He knew our end and created us anyway, we are pre-destined.
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Amy, at 8:34 PM
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