Freewill Flashcards
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What do Christians believe about freewill?
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- God has given everyone freedom to live their lives
- Denominations have different ideas on freewill and predestination
- Some - God is omniscient and always knows our choices, still gives the ability to choose
- Humans were born with a sense to do good and avoid bad
- It is easier to choose wrong but with the help of God we choose good
- Those who do sin can attempt to atone and gain forgiveness
- Fate is not a Christian idea
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What do Muslims believe about freewill?
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- There is a belief of predestination in Sunni Islam but there is still freewill
- Allah knows the final outcome
- Freewill was given by Allah so humans are not puppets and learn from mistakes
- Qur’an and Hadith aid in making moral decisions
- Al-Qadr is one of the six articles of faith
- Freedom to chose whether to obey Allah
- The day of judgement will show the impact of a person’s freewill
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CHRISTIANITY - SOURCE OF WISDOM ON FREEWILL
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“those he predestined…he also glorified.” - ROMANS 8:29-30
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ISLAM - SOURCE OF WISDOM ON FREEWILL
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“do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and Earth? Indeed that is in a record.” - SURAH 20:70
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ISLAM - SOURCE OF WISDOM ON WHAT GOD HAS POWER OVER
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“God has power over all things.” - QUR’AN 3:159
