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Originally Posted by Redboard
I watched most of the video and found it somewhat interesting. Although for me, this determinism/free will question is something I stopped thinking about a long time ago. The interesting question, IMO, (for the faithful who believe in God and free will), is this:
"If God gave us free will, the ability to do anything we want, how come we HAVE to love HIM or spend our life in misery? How is it free, if we must love God to be happy?”
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In philosophical Essentialism, a thing's nature determines what is best for it. Assuming God and free will as in your second paragraph, man is made for God and frustrates the ends of his being created, causing "misery" by misusing his free will against God.
