Thursday, November 16, 2006

Are we born to be free?

Free will is the most difficult of God's gifts to understand or appreciate.

Freedom is one of the most valuable things there is, although many of us have no idea how precious it is until we suffer the loss of it. It is considered to be one of the basic human rights, and to attempt to withhold that right without very just cause is a most serious sin. We all like to think that we are free and that we have free will when making our choices in life — but let us think for a moment about the realities of the situation. Are we really born to be free? And if so, in what ways? What does this mean for us?

I think free will is something God granted to human beings which He did not grant to angels...

...because humans have the power to change through their own free will, and these decisions alter their fates.

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