"A great Poem is a fountain for ever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight; and after one person and one age has exhausted all its divine effluence which their peculiar relations enable them to share; another and yet another succeeds, and new relations are ever developed, the source of an unforseen and an unconceived delight." Percy Bysshe Shelley
What holds time together?
What controls the weather?
Intelligent Design, that's Who,
is in control of you.
But wait, you have free will,
control of some things still.
Then time explodes
what you chose.
Your free will once again is nil.
A contest entry
- all systems are oppressive by Mairi bheag.
1800 points, ended August 22, 30 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Honest Opinion?
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See my comment below to Amera. You have scored a direct hit on the paradox of "God-given free will" - an interesting concept, and I don't think it is actually mentioned in the Bible. Maybe it is just inferred by a certain caste of theologians.
Anyhow, a succinct entry, for which I thank you.
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The Bible actually does tell us about free will. It says we have it and it says we don’t have it.
Yes we do:
1. Joshua 24:15
Choose you this day whom ye will serve.... But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
1. Dt.30:19
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.
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No we don’t:
1. Eph.1:4-5
He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
2 Th.2:11-12
God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned.
1. Acts 13:48
And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Rom.8:29-30
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate.... Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. -
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What a joy it is to have a concordance!
Sis, my point is that the interpretation of these passages as a clear statement of "free will" is open to interpretation, and indeed to hot debate between theologians of various inclinations. Even the original "choice" of obeying or not obeying God, in the garden of Eden, has been argued over - was it choice or influence? The nature of Adam and Eve, the false nurture of the serpent, or the will of God? Every single one of your cited passages has been argued over by all the sects that ever were (largely without the light of the Holy Spirit to guide the understanding of the debaters!) and will probably continued to be argued over. Been there, bought the t-shirt!
M
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Yes, very profound.do we really have free will? I often wonder.We think we make all our decisions but I doubt it.There is a destiny for us all and sur enough, one day we will all find out the truth.Be well, Ros
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Your words of wisdom are resonating with truth....good job on this poem! My best to you in the contest.
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Someone once said: "free will is the worst gift that God has given us". Sometimes I think that statement is true so I let Saber make all my big decisions.
Love,
Amera♥
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Bakunin would ask, as a paradox, how an omnipotent being could in fact grant free will, and whether belief in an omnipotent being did not immediately negate the freedom of the believer.
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Wise-Wonderful-Profound...
One minute of silence to think on "Holding Time Together", for this composition is a well for any heart that pumps knowledge and wisdom, and stimulates the learning mind.
Long healthy creative life.
In respect and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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The old debate of Determinism versus Free Will, eh? Nicely-written and succinct, but it fails to convince either way. Although perhaps that's what you're really saying - that there's no satisfactory answer.
Bill
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There are some great words of wisdom here--I think?! A most funny write however, no question about it, I thought it quite splendid...
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A piece of meaningless philosophical gymnastics. Trying and get free will and divine control into the same box for doctrinal reasons. Makes no sense to me. One always falls out of the box.
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Hmmmm...
Let's see.
We use our free will to determine our destiny?
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So, you have highligted the dichotomy in my thoughts on God! It's hard to imagin that intelligent design, micro manages all our lives down to a smile or a wink or a sigh. But these are the things that can and do change the world. How about if there is only NOW! and nothing else exists but NOW! And perhaps we are all God, changing the world in each moment as it passes.
David
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Truly penned...
I like your thoughts on God and man's free will.
Thank you for your quote on Shelley, too, for his writing always impresses me when I see it. 
Glad to see you, good Poet!
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