My opinion:<br><br>We are free to do what we will to do. God does not use coercion. That does not mean that we may do other than what God has ordained for us to do. Nor does it mean that a person dead in sin can come to Christ. For nothing is more absurd than to say that one would will what is contrary to their nature. The same is true of believers; they will not reject Christ because it is not in their nature to do so. <br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Are there Scriptures that say we have a free will in the sense that most people see a free will?</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>Most people equate determination with coercion and so reject any system in which God's knowledge of the future determines actions. They view "free-will" as the to act indeterminately. I cannot think of any texts which even address the issue of "free-will" to act indeterminately.<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]How free is our will?</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>As free as it could be with a timeless, omniscient God who created us to act according to our nature.<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr>[color:"blue"]Is my opinion competely wrong and stupid?</font><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>I personally don't think that it is even possible for God to have made us any more free. If He made us such that we could act out of character, our actions would be random and meaningless. For I could want to help an old lady cross the street but end up spitting on her and walking away instead. And freedom to act indeterminately would require God to be temporal, which is manifestly untrue. He could still be considered 'omniscient' in that He would know all that was knowable, but He would continually be increasing in knowledge. So I don't see how God could have made us more free. <br><br>Those are my thoughts.
