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Posted by Collin on October 02, 1999 at 00:07:59:
In Reply to: Judgements posted by Jason Ballard on September 29, 1999 at 15:15:45:
: To Collin
: To shorten the question,free will holds no grudge, but it would seem like a being in which no greater exists (as concieved by your notion) does. Why?
Dear Jason
Hope things are well with you, sorry it has been a while since I've wrote, i have been keeping up with the reading, however....
God doesn't hold grudges, if you will. He simply makes the rules to help us guide our free will. Without rules, what would we be? Now, I'm not arguing that the only way to obtain morals is through religion, with free will we also have the ability to make the rules ourselves. However, following God's will tends to be more beneficial to us.
John Locke gave us the notion of Anarchy versus Social Contract. Basically, without a governemnt or a set of rules (the latter the basis of our argumentation) we would have ultimate free will. Each of us already contains that free will, we can do whatever we want. We could kill, , rob or mutilate anyone we wanted. From a psychodynamic point of view, our Id (or primal instincts) would be totally satisfied. However, we would also live in a state of constant danger. Locke beleived in a social contract. This is where we sacrafice some of that free will in order to ensure that safety and stability is achieved. In other words, I'll give up my right to kill you, if you give up your right to kill me. This is what God proposes. He says no one is to kill, or rob anyone else, under punishment of God himself. this is exactly why God has to hold "grudges". God set these rules because we needed em after we screwed up in Eden. These rules would not be effective at all, however, if they weren't enforced. God loves all his children, and if he let them go unchecked, he would be a loving father at all. In sense, he is not holding grudges, but rather, sticking to the rules that we needed to survive as a human race.
The other reason. We are God's creation, his pride and joy, why would he let us run around and destroy ourselves? He won't, that's why the rules (commandments) exist and why he enforces them at the day of Reckoning.
Blessings,
Collin