Do you believe in god? Sorry you have no free will.

Hello again! Thank you for responding back so quickly. You've given me a lot to think about, so thank you for your response and the time that you took to read my response. I'm sorry I couldn't look at all of the videos, but the only one I could watch of the most recent two videos was the second one, the one about Christians breaking Jesus' commands. I'll address this at the end. COUNTER-ARGUMENT 1: THE VERSES GIVEN ARE NOT FROM GOD, AND THEREFORE ARE NOT TRUTH You started by addressing the Bible verses I gave about free will, and saying that they were 'null and void' because they were not from God. You said that Christ was a false prophet, and his words were not the truth and that because the other verses were not spoken directly by God, they can't be fully accurate. However, this doesn't make sense because of several Bible verses that you gave later on, about the Bible being God-breathed, and coming directly from him. Christians believe that the Bible, although it was written by man, was inspired by God, and therefore anything that it says comes directly from him. So IF this is the case, then the actual person who said it doesn't matter. However, to accept that God permits free will, we have to first examine whether the Bible is "God-breathed" in the first place. The Bible is made of 66 books written over a period of 1500 years by 40 different people. It was translated from 3 languages, and written by all kinds of people, such as shepherds, fishermen, military men, kings, royal cup-bearers, doctors, tax collectors, and so many more. Yet despite this, the same message is continually carried through all of the testaments. There are over three hundred prophecies given in the Old Testament that were fulfilled by Jesus Christ, and the chances of him fulfilling them by coincidence, or even by trying to do what the prophecies said, is nearly impossible. Professor of mathematics, Peter Stoner, calculated that if you were to fill the whole earth with coins 120 feet high, and then select your chances of choosing one of them, it would be about the same as the probability that Jesus could fill all of the prophecies. As for your next point, about Adam and Eve were only children, there is nothing in the Bible that says anything of the sort. God made them as fully grown people, and they walked in the garden with him for hundreds of years before they sinned and were thrown out. They were responsible for their own actions. COUNTER-ARGUMENT 2: GOD'S PUNISHMENTS FOR DISOBEYING HIS LAWS GIVE PEOPLE NO CHOICE TO DISOBEY, AND THEREFORE NO FREE WILL. I don't think you fully understand what I was saying, so I'm going to try to say it clearer this time. By pointing out that people still have the choice to disobey, I was demonstrating that God is not forcing them to obey, but simply laying out consequences for not doing so. People DO disobey God's law- no one can deny that. All you have to do is look around, and you see that sin is everywhere. You argued that threatening them with death is more or less the same thing, but if you look closely, you see that it's not. God does not punish his people out of hatred and vengefulness, but out of righteous anger and passion for justice. Forcing them to do what is right would make him a "super sadistic pig". But God doesn't force us. He gives us a choice, and if we make the wrong choice, then it would be wrong for him not to punish us. It's like a parent who lets their kid do whatever they want. If they see their child beating up another kid, and then bring him inside and give him a lollipop, the kid will never learn that there are consequences for doing the wrong thing. This is not like holding a gun to someone's head at all. You said that if God were God, there would be no reason for offering punishment at all, and he would create peace, harmony, love, kindness, and care for one another. And I believe that he does. But do you really think that peace and prosperity can happen without justice? Punishing people for doing wrong isn't evil and wrathful and vengeful- it's done out of compassion and love. If you see someone trying to murder a little kid, and you just let the murderer go saying, "I don't want to punish them because that would be mean and would make me unkind", then you are not promoting a life of harmony and peace at all. Harmony and peace can't come without punishing sin. COUNTER-ARGUMENT 3: GOD'S RULES DO NOT MAKE RATIONAL SENSE AND CANNOT BE FOLLOWED The second video gave five different laws that Christians are called to do and argues that these laws are completely irrational. It shows how no one ever follows these laws because they don't make any sense, and therefore Christianity should be abandoned. The five laws are: Love your enemies: This was indeed commanded by Jesus, and something that you are right that very few Christians do. However, this is not completely irrational. Our world is rampid with terrorist attacks, racism, and hatred, and very few people, not even most Christians, are ready to let go of this. If people were to let go of their hatred and try to love those who hate them, we would all be the better for it. Note, though, that loving your enemies does not mean that you cannot defend yourself. If someone attacks you, you have a right to fight back. Sell everything: Christ requires us to surrender all of our belongings to him, and he calls us to give everything but necessities to the poor. Being with Jesus comes at a cost, and sometimes we have to let go of good things to gain what is more important. However, God still cares for you and will provide for you no matter what. If you lay down everything you have and keep only the barest necessities, God will reward you. Hate your family: This verse is highly misinterpreted. When Jesus said to "hate your family", he wasn't contradicting the idea of loving one another. He was simply stressing that he has to be more important than human people, even our own families. This does not mean to actively oppose our families at all. It simply means to put him first. Cut off your hand: Jesus was not referring to self-mutilation here at all. This was a metaphor for letting go of anything that will keep you from believing. If something is causing us harm, we have to be willing to do it away. Drink poison: This verse never says to drink poison- it simply says that with God on our side, we can do what is impossible, and we can. I have seen this personally. About a year ago, my legs stopped working, and I was in a wheelchair for several months. I could barely move them, and I was afraid and scared to trust God. I wrestled with a lot of the same things that you are wrestling with right now. But God was by my side through all of it, and after I made the decision to trust him no matter what, I began to walk again. It happened almost instantly, in the span of a couple of days. God worked in my life in incredible ways, and I believe that he is capable of anything. People do not have power over God's laws, but they do have the choice to be able to break God's laws, and often, they will. Our human nature leads us into sin- that's why we need Jesus to pay the price for us. [[I'm going to skip #4, because you didn't address it]] COUNTER-ARGUMENT 5: THE FREE WILL THAT GOD GIVES US ONLY LEADS TO HATRED AND CRUELTY Whether we use our free will for good or for evil isn't God's choice- if it was, then we wouldn't have free will. That choice belongs to us. All of the people you listed who made horrible choices and ripped people's lives apart? They used their free will for appalling things, and I believe that God will punish them for that. But others throughout history have chosen to trust God and let his Holy Spirit lead them to obedience, such as Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, C. S. Lewis, Billy Graham, and hundreds of other Christian role models. A few final things: CAN I PROVE THAT MY GOD EXISTS? This is going to take way more characters then I have left, so I'm just going to give you a few links and answer your questions in the next round. I'm sorry if this is a quick finish- there's a lot that I want to address and very little space to do it. https://upliftconnect.com... http://www.faithfortoday.tv... http://time.com... I'd like to just say one last thing. By calling blaspheming sin, I wasn't ranking it on a scale or comparing it to other sins. In terms of who I would save, I would absolutely go after the five girls. My point in saying that was not to call blaspheming worse than other sins, but to say that if it is sin, even just a small one, then we cannot be saved. Sin forms a gap between us and God that can only be filled by Jesus. Without him, we have nothing.