Nick,

Why do you ask?

Nick,

I am not the one that disrespects the word of God as I believe the wisdom cries out in the streets. You are one the doubts.

Gene,

God did create our will but then he is the Creator and we should not confuse him with a creation. It is like claiming God murders a human because he declares it is that human’s time to die. He is the force of Nature.

The question is not how our will were created but rather if we exercise those wills from ourselves or they are controlled…[Read more]

Nick,

You still do not understand. A lot like gives me insight in how to correctly interpret the words of Scripture.

It seems am wrong about Philo being Gnostic according to the Jewish Encyclopedia entry on Gnosticism which claims.

Philo here speaks also of trimming the trees. It is evident that this is the language of gnosis, but the words…

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Nick,

The “original man” is probably also present in the book of 1 Enoch.

Nick,

Wikipedia article or Adam Kadmon (by translation original man)

The first to use the expression “original man,” or “heavenly man,” was Philo, in whose view the γενικός, or οὐράνιος ἄνθρωπος, “as being born in the image of God, has no participation in any corruptible or earthlike essence; whereas the earthly man is made of loose material,…

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Nick,

Philo is more an evangelist that is explaining Jewish teachings to Gentiles, possibly Greek Stoics. The one error I know is that his teachings seem Gnostic but I could be mistaken since he uses the term demiurge in a non-Gnostic way.

Gene,

Please address the last post I made to you on the previous page.

Princess,

We are created with a will. I do not know when we can first exercise it. I also do not know at what point of development from a fertilized egg that we first posses it. After all Adam was created as an adult.

@t8,

You are assuming Koine Greek and English use the definite article in the same way and I know that is incorrect. I do not know how they differ. If I has access to the Koine Greek manuscripts of Philo’s writings then he would also precede logos by the definite article. The only evidence I have is that the definite article often precedes…[Read more]

Princess,

Correction, I am only a student and so have mastered all things.

Sorry about misspeaking.

Princess,

I am only a teacher and so have not mastered the all things as yet.

@t8,

It has been wounded but I do not believe it is the beast as it has more to do with the false prophet.

Gene,

JESUS AND JOHN AND OTHERS WERE ALL PREDESTENED TO DO WHAT THEY DID, IF THEIR WILL WERE “FREE” THERE COULD BE “NO” PREDESTINATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD COUNTERDICT THERE PROPHETIC OUTCOMES

What you call free will in this statement is not free will. Free will is predictable because it is the will of the individual involved. There is not dic…[Read more]

Gene,

I am addressing the idea that free will is a myth. To do so it is necessary to establish the definition of free will. What you call influenced will may be what others call free will. That is why I made the point that random will is not free will.

It sounds like you agree with the dictionary’s definition of free will but I am not sure.…[Read more]

Gene,

I am addressing the idea that free will is a myth. To do so it is necessary to establish the definition of free will. What you call influenced will may be what others call free will. That is why I made the point that random will is not free will.

It sounds like you agree with the dictionaries definition of free will but I am not sure.…[Read more]

Miia,

It is a strange modern doctrine.

To all that are concerned,

If the conditions apply to a choice then a person with free will will always choose the same thing because otherwise is random choice and random choice is not free.

Gene,

Philosophy. the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces.

Do you agree this is the definition of free will?

Miia,

I found it with Google search but the idea is so absurd it sounds more like a conspiracy theory. Because of that feel and the fact they have other odd hypothesis is too much for me to handle. I don’t recommend looking it up. If AndrewAd is sincere about it he will share the ideas with us.