Limited Free Will

Freedom is as complicated a concept to grasp as it is to achieve. This is particularly true for transient and mortal beings besieged by such a vast array of choices and challenges. While a thousand physical and mental, social and spiritual factors influence and limit our collective and individual experience, we continue to imagine ourselves self directed and autonomous. The question is, is such a mindset based in reality? Does our worldview reveal the independence of the human spirit or denial of a perilous state of existence?


A Mystery Wrapped In An Enigma

Science and medicine continue to divulge the intricate biological nature of human life. From cellular design to the autonomic nervous system, modern advances have exposed critical forms and function of which we live largely unaware.

Much the same may be said regarding the human psyche. From neurology to psychology, progress in mapping and understanding the connection and complexities of the mind have been nothing short of extraordinary.

Such insights are impressive to be sure, yet they pale in comparison to the miracle and meaning of spiritual sentience. Unique among life as we know it, mankind's level of self awareness and perception presuppose an equally great privilege and responsibility. As the 17th century mathematician, physicist, writer and inventor Blaise Pascal noted: "It is not in space that I must seek my human dignity, but in the ordering of my thought. It will do me no good to own land. Through space the universe grasps me and swallows me up like a speck; through thought I grasp it.”

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Notes:
Great questions
  • Regarding men and angels, can you both fear and love someone (God)
  • Do angels have the capacity to love? If so whom and how?
  • Angelic and human free will is the most often employed scapegoat to explain the origin and continuation of sin. While perhaps true, such an apologetic raises several questions...
  • By definition, Omnity alone has the ability to exercise truly Free Will. This being the case could "limited free will" in men and angels account for such a disruption of God's will?
  • We may believe it can since our experience with our own limited free will is limited (tainted) by the duress of sin above, about and within. Yet should there be no exertion and interference by temptation and sin in the first place, what would account for it? Wouldn't it be like the effect of gravity on trajectory. If you launch an arrow (action initiated by limited free will) into the air gravity (temptation and sin) will pill it to the ground. But in regards to original sin, in an environment free of such external forces (heaven) such as the vacuum of space (heaven) would the moment continue in a straight line continuously? This doesn't even take into account the sovereignty of God acting before, during and after the arrow's release to insure continuance of the best possible state.
  • Another great apologetic for God creating beings capable of such great rebellion and even eternal harm to themselves and one another is His need or desire for fellowship. Here again free will is engaged to explain God's desire for relationship with real sentient beings rather than automatons. Along with the questions already raised concerning the ability of severely limited free will to frustrate the will of God the "fellowship theory" also raises questions...
  • By definition Omnity means eternal exceeding abundance. This, if it were possible, would be even more true in the case of Tri-Omnity. Then why would there be a desire or need to create something outside of One's Self given the obvious and manifold limitations of that which is created in comparison to it's Creator?
  • Such reasoning contradicts the definition of Omnity, suggesting a lack rather than an over abundance. On the other hand, it would be conceivable that Omnity might wish to share it's overflow.
  • Unlike lessor God's of sci-fi and fantasy, were there are dark or twisted motives, true Omnity would gain nothing by duplicity. Of course, in keeping with such novel themes, what might appear as Omnity to us may well not be.