America, land of the free and home of the brave. We pride ourselves on being unrestricted, we can choose: what we believe (spiritually and politically), what we want to be (career-wise and gender-wise), and where we want to go. But, what does it mean to truly be free? According to the Merriam-Webster the definition of free is, “not determined by anything beyond its own nature or being : choosing or capable of choosing for itself.” In other words, nothing controls people but them people themselves. Therefore, the preconceived notions of fate and destiny can not coexist with freedom of choice. I believe we all have free will, that there is no evidence of fate, and that God is all-knowing, not controlling.
First things first, as human beings, we have always had free will. Free will is not a recent development in society, it has been around since the beginning of time. In the first book of the Bible, God told Adam and Eve that they were free to eat from any tree in the garden, but if they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that they would die (Gen. 2:16-17). This shows that since man was made, we have had the freedom of choice. Free will …show more content…
We each can chose to go down whatever path we want. A Bible verse that verifies the fact that we all have free will, not a fate, is Proverbs 16:9, “The human heart plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.” This professes how God does not control people, but He supports them in their lives through the gift of His grace. Also, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there is a passage that states that it is man's own decision to either accept God and strive to join him in heaven or reject Him (1743). Which shows that everyone can either choose God and possibly end up in heaven or renounce God and run the risk of spending an eternity without His love. Therefore, people have free will and the ability to choose, nothing happens by
First things first, as human beings, we have always had free will. Free will is not a recent development in society, it has been around since the beginning of time. In the first book of the Bible, God told Adam and Eve that they were free to eat from any tree in the garden, but if they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil that they would die (Gen. 2:16-17). This shows that since man was made, we have had the freedom of choice. Free will …show more content…
We each can chose to go down whatever path we want. A Bible verse that verifies the fact that we all have free will, not a fate, is Proverbs 16:9, “The human heart plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.” This professes how God does not control people, but He supports them in their lives through the gift of His grace. Also, in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, there is a passage that states that it is man's own decision to either accept God and strive to join him in heaven or reject Him (1743). Which shows that everyone can either choose God and possibly end up in heaven or renounce God and run the risk of spending an eternity without His love. Therefore, people have free will and the ability to choose, nothing happens by