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Free Will Theology - states that God gave all his creatures the free will to make decisions like God. However as consequence, many have made bad decisions that have caused many to suffer and evil to flourish. God does not intervene in destroying evil because to do so would be to intervene in our free will. He gives everyone the choice to either go their own way, or follow God, and it is each individual's decision. God is not the direct cause of evil and suffering. God is not directly responsible for evil, for evil does not directly come from him. Rather, God is indirectly responsible for evil because he created finite beings and gave them free will. God does not directly do anything evil, for he is God, the ultimate standard of good. Only good can come from God because he willingly does not change and therefore remains as the absolute standard by which to judge good and evil. God created Hell as punishment and a place of quarantine for those who freely chose to go their own way as opposed to follow God, (punishment in order to uphold justice, and quarantine so they do not continue to negatively affect those who chose to follow God) and it is the fault of every individual in Hell that they suffer for all eternity. God does not will that any of his creation go to Hell, and it is his will that all live peacefully in Heaven with him for all eternity for he created all for that purpose; however so that his will does not intervene in their will, he allows his children to suffer if they want. He willingly limits himself for the sake of justice, his own glorification, and his children's free will.
Predestination Theology - states that God did not give his children free will. God is the direct cause of all evil and suffering for he is the only one with Free will. God decides everything that ever has happened or ever will happen. Therefore God created Heaven and Hell and predetermined in the beginning who would go there and who would not. It is God's will for most of his children to go to Hell and suffer for all eternity for the purpose of setting an example of his awesome power, and so the few of his children he has chosen can see his immense power and worship him for that (but not by their own free will of course). He is the sovereign one who has complete control over evil and suffering. He is the one who hardens hearts and creates evil and suffering so that he may triumph over the evil he has created and in doing so be worshiped for that. He created most for the purpose of extreme pain, death, and suffering for all eternity, and only a few for the purpose of worshiping him; however he created all for his own glorification. He willingly limits himself for the sole sake of his own glorification.
Now just tell me right off the bat, which of these two scenarios simply makes the most sense? It should be blatantly obvious which is the most likely scenario. Predestination Theology just makes absolutely no sense. Yet for those who still don't see I will explain...
Let me ask you a quick hypothetical question: If you happen to be walking down the street one day, stumble upon a burning building with lets say, 23 people inside, and you decide to rush in and are able to successfully rescue 3 of them. Will people deem you a hero? Will people give you honor and glory and praise? Will they most likely even give you an award for your heroic work? Of course! Because you were a hero worthy of praise. It doesn't even matter if most of the people in the building perish and die, you saved some of them by doing all that you could... But then after all that praise, what if everyone finds out that it was you who started the fire in the first place? Would they deem you a hero? Would they give you honor and glory and praise? Would they even give you an award for your heroic work? Of course not! They would most likely throw your sorry butt in jail for burning down a building and killing all those other people. Who cares if you save the lives of a few from a disaster that you cause?
This is the logic behind Predestination Theology. God's sole purpose is to give himself praise. Yet how does he achieve this? By creating suffering and evil for him to snuff out, through which he somehow gains greater glory. Why do so many people believe in this? Why does this issue even have to be debated? Predestination defies basic common sense...
I'll be the first to tell you, if this truly is the nature of God, then I hate him. If Predestination Theology were true, I would henceforth refuse to worship him. It should be understandable as to why...
The Predestination God is a God who creates scores of beings for the sole purpose of being tortured and killed. By his own will he gives life to an innumerable measure of beings in a world of suffering, gives them many sufferings throughout their entire lives until they finally die, and are then sent into Hell; a torturous prison from which there is no light, no hope, no happiness, no peace, in which they are burned alive over and over again and again, are tortured, raped, devoured, ripped apart over and over piece by piece in screaming brutal agony for the rest of eternity... I don't know about you, but I would never give honor and glory and praise to a homicidal manic like that. This God is guilty of more evil then those he's punishing, actually, those he's punishing aren't guilty of anything for they haven't freely decided anything. All of the guilt lies with God, yet instead of feeling guilty he feels proud and expects us to worship him for it. Adolf Hitler looks like a saint next to this God.
Furthermore in detail of my own personal experience; I have been sexually abused by my father at a young age, forced to relive the trauma over and over for ten years through mandatory visitations with him by ruling of the United States Judicial system, have suffered countless nightmares and night terrors, suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), have been bullied and beat up countless times all through school, have witnessed three dear loved ones of mine die in front of my eyes (two of which at a young age), have been made fun of for my looks and my poverty my whole life, and finally; fell in love with a white trash ex-girlfriend who cheated on me multiple times, put me down, ruined my grades in high school as well as any good chance of me going to any real college, and then left me so she could become a free-spirited bisexual who wants multiple non-committed relationships... Do you honestly expect me to worship a God who directly caused all of these negative events in my life, because he caused all of these negative events in my life? If so, ARE YOU INSANE? You'd have to be to worship this monster. If this is the true nature of God, then I hate him...
Thankfully this is not the nature of God, because basic common sense tells us so. This Predestination doctrine contradicts itself in nearly every area. It's common sense that if God exists and is truly all-knowing and all-powerful, then he wouldn't do this. We also know that it is not contradictory for there to be an all-knowing and all-powerful God with Free Will Theology, and therefore since it can only be one of the two, Free Will Theology wins hands down.
List of Free Will Theology verses:
1 Ch 28:9 1Ch 29:5 Ps 51:12 Da 3:28 Mt 18:14 Mt23:37 1Ti 6:18 1Pe 5:2 2Co 8:11-12
Predestination Theology - states that God did not give his children free will. God is the direct cause of all evil and suffering for he is the only one with Free will. God decides everything that ever has happened or ever will happen. Therefore God created Heaven and Hell and predetermined in the beginning who would go there and who would not. It is God's will for most of his children to go to Hell and suffer for all eternity for the purpose of setting an example of his awesome power, and so the few of his children he has chosen can see his immense power and worship him for that (but not by their own free will of course). He is the sovereign one who has complete control over evil and suffering. He is the one who hardens hearts and creates evil and suffering so that he may triumph over the evil he has created and in doing so be worshiped for that. He created most for the purpose of extreme pain, death, and suffering for all eternity, and only a few for the purpose of worshiping him; however he created all for his own glorification. He willingly limits himself for the sole sake of his own glorification.
Now just tell me right off the bat, which of these two scenarios simply makes the most sense? It should be blatantly obvious which is the most likely scenario. Predestination Theology just makes absolutely no sense. Yet for those who still don't see I will explain...
Let me ask you a quick hypothetical question: If you happen to be walking down the street one day, stumble upon a burning building with lets say, 23 people inside, and you decide to rush in and are able to successfully rescue 3 of them. Will people deem you a hero? Will people give you honor and glory and praise? Will they most likely even give you an award for your heroic work? Of course! Because you were a hero worthy of praise. It doesn't even matter if most of the people in the building perish and die, you saved some of them by doing all that you could... But then after all that praise, what if everyone finds out that it was you who started the fire in the first place? Would they deem you a hero? Would they give you honor and glory and praise? Would they even give you an award for your heroic work? Of course not! They would most likely throw your sorry butt in jail for burning down a building and killing all those other people. Who cares if you save the lives of a few from a disaster that you cause?
This is the logic behind Predestination Theology. God's sole purpose is to give himself praise. Yet how does he achieve this? By creating suffering and evil for him to snuff out, through which he somehow gains greater glory. Why do so many people believe in this? Why does this issue even have to be debated? Predestination defies basic common sense...
I'll be the first to tell you, if this truly is the nature of God, then I hate him. If Predestination Theology were true, I would henceforth refuse to worship him. It should be understandable as to why...
The Predestination God is a God who creates scores of beings for the sole purpose of being tortured and killed. By his own will he gives life to an innumerable measure of beings in a world of suffering, gives them many sufferings throughout their entire lives until they finally die, and are then sent into Hell; a torturous prison from which there is no light, no hope, no happiness, no peace, in which they are burned alive over and over again and again, are tortured, raped, devoured, ripped apart over and over piece by piece in screaming brutal agony for the rest of eternity... I don't know about you, but I would never give honor and glory and praise to a homicidal manic like that. This God is guilty of more evil then those he's punishing, actually, those he's punishing aren't guilty of anything for they haven't freely decided anything. All of the guilt lies with God, yet instead of feeling guilty he feels proud and expects us to worship him for it. Adolf Hitler looks like a saint next to this God.
Furthermore in detail of my own personal experience; I have been sexually abused by my father at a young age, forced to relive the trauma over and over for ten years through mandatory visitations with him by ruling of the United States Judicial system, have suffered countless nightmares and night terrors, suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), have been bullied and beat up countless times all through school, have witnessed three dear loved ones of mine die in front of my eyes (two of which at a young age), have been made fun of for my looks and my poverty my whole life, and finally; fell in love with a white trash ex-girlfriend who cheated on me multiple times, put me down, ruined my grades in high school as well as any good chance of me going to any real college, and then left me so she could become a free-spirited bisexual who wants multiple non-committed relationships... Do you honestly expect me to worship a God who directly caused all of these negative events in my life, because he caused all of these negative events in my life? If so, ARE YOU INSANE? You'd have to be to worship this monster. If this is the true nature of God, then I hate him...
Thankfully this is not the nature of God, because basic common sense tells us so. This Predestination doctrine contradicts itself in nearly every area. It's common sense that if God exists and is truly all-knowing and all-powerful, then he wouldn't do this. We also know that it is not contradictory for there to be an all-knowing and all-powerful God with Free Will Theology, and therefore since it can only be one of the two, Free Will Theology wins hands down.
List of Free Will Theology verses:
1 Ch 28:9 1Ch 29:5 Ps 51:12 Da 3:28 Mt 18:14 Mt23:37 1Ti 6:18 1Pe 5:2 2Co 8:11-12
