The Free Will Concept

Originally Posted by ManOfTomorrow

The truth is that God Himself knows a person's future actions, but this doesn't mean He sets your future (I'm debating this Predestination topic elsewhere in this forum as well). To take into account God's power of knowing their future action, and seeing that Jesus and God knew that man would fall, and that Jesus took the job of being the Savior before the very world was made (assuming you believe the Bible to be correct), this means that free will as we understand it is an empty phrase and makes no philosophical sense.

Either free will does not exist, or the Bible is a fallacy. I tend to take the stand that the Bible if true, and that free will, in fact, does not exist.

How does free will not make any sense, exactly? And why does free will have to be nonexistent in order for the Bible not to be considered a fallacy? God is all about free will. He allows us to make choices about our lives. He does not sit up in heaven and say, "Alright, little Bobby, today, I think I'll make you have Captain Crunch for breakfast. Then, I think I'll make you go take a walk around the neighborhood before getting on the bus and going to school. Etc., etc..."

Yes, I know the Bible says, " 'For I know the plans I have for you...' ". But that doesn't change the fact that, even though God has a plan for each of us, He doesn't force it upon us. It's up to us to choose the paths necessary to follow God's plan. If we don't, we will not be able to live the full and abundant life God wants for us.