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  Douglas Geivett said, “A great deal of responsibility for suffering or for evil generally in the world today is rooted in how we exercise the freedom we have.” What are evidences you have seen of the connection between the freedom to choose and human suffering?

  Olivia Gregory replied 1 month, 4 weeks ago 48 Members · 48 Replies

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  Julie Jensen

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  02/13/2022 at 22:03

  Choosing to drive while under the influence can cause suffering not only for you who made that choice, but also the hundreds of people who loved and will now grieve for the one who was killed because of your choice.

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  Darren Yui

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  01/01/2022 at 19:10

  While given the freedom to choose, we see that there are consequences for not choosing to follow and glorify God. For example, I could decide that I want to try a narcotic. There is freedom in that choice for me. If I do use it, it may lead to an addiction which would be considered an idol. The drug may then have power over me resulting in a cascade of different events causing suffering. I could have easily avoided much of this with a different choice, but that’s the cost of having freedom to choose. We are allowed to make mistakes. Thanks be to God for providing us a way out from our bad choices

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  Joseph Del rosso

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  11/12/2021 at 08:21

  When abortion is chosen a life is lost. The parent is often left scarred with; guilt, physical injuries (including infertility), relentless grief, a horrible feeling of being unworthy of God’s provision and feeling she can never be forgiven.

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  Monica Gamboa

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  09/15/2021 at 10:15

  This is so interesting because I think that in some nations the Church (big C church) has elevated personal freedom (my right to carry arms, freedom of speech, freedom of press, my body my choice (on different topics women’s rights, medical etc..)) above God and in doing so they have mistakenly turned freedom into a god. I think that some nations are living the ugly consequences of this: pastors failing because there is no check and balances, families that won’t speak because of politics, pastors preaching politics rather than the word of God from the pulpit, the desire to do what every you want and not care about others safety or health, choosing to protect only people that are convenient to your own interests rather than recognizing that everyone (I mean EVERY ONE!) was made by God and is loved by GOD. When the word Christian is just another name for a political party rather than what it should be a lover of Jesus a follower of Christ. All of this is happening in the name of God and it is hurting not only that nation but the Church globally.

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  Cory Kettleman

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  09/07/2021 at 13:53

  When we have the freedom to choose, we has mere mortals have the chose to do evil from the sin that is engrained in our lives. Freedom of choice gives us the chose to not choose God and work for what we want. This chose of working for what we want leads us to hurt people to achieve our goals. Not having God as our guidance we have no hope of a future, with no hope, we strive to achieve what we want no matter what the outcome or who we hurt in the process. This hurting leads to human suffering hurt others to achieve the outcome we want.

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  In response to Dr. Paul Brand’s statement, would you exchange your freedom to choose in order to enjoy freedom from pain?

  Olivia Gregory replied 1 month, 4 weeks ago 35 Members · 34 Replies

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  Ravi Zacharias said, “Love cannot be brought about by robotic coercion; it has to be done by freedom of will.” Do you agree or disagree? Why?

  Olivia Gregory replied 1 month, 4 weeks ago 7 Members · 6 Replies

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