jazzytakara Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I was just wondering where free will comes in when people say that God has a plan for all of us? Is it still free will, or is it pre-determination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 The question you asked was debated by scholars back in the 1500's between Duns Scotus and St. Thomas Aquinas. What Thomas was able to show is the difference between: God's Providential Will for our lives and God's Permissive Will for our lives. Man has free will to choose. That is how God created us. God's Providential Will for our lives consists of always making the correct or good/holy choices in our lives. God's Permissive Will for our lives consists of respecting our free will to make bad/evil choices rather then good/holy ones. Each person is created for a specific purpose in life. When we start making the good choices we are following God's Providential Will for our lives; when we start making bad choices we are following his Permissive Will for our lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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