8040	Forums / Main Forum / Why Faith Is A Must	on: January 10, 2007, 02:41:50 PM
Quote Quote ...Do you really believe that in order for the will to be free it must be in a state of absolute equal librium i.e not crossing the line of something or some one causing choice? I can explain further if you want. Yes, please do explain further.   Looking at this logically :A good example would be the being and non-being paradigm. God has always existed, we exist because God exist. God is an eternal being, and we are created beings. The cause of our existence is because God brought us into being. The same question comes about free will. If my will was self determined then any pryor cause would make it impossible for it to be self determined. In the created order you have reasons to look for a cause since what is created explains to some extent what the creator is like. The created order directs you to the cause. Now you look at the choices a person makes over the period of his life. And then you begin with the last choice he made before he died. Then you follow the choices all the way back to the beginning choice. Now if there was no other cause than the will or the choice then in your paradigm the first choice would determine the second choice, and so on. But my question is what determined the first choice?