I never got the idea that God being in charge meant that we had no free will.
My understanding is that God does not have free will because God is Good, and thus cannot do anything but the greatest good in any circumstance and, being omniscient and omnipotent, is fully aware of what that good action is and has the power to fulfill it.
Humans, on the other hand, are imperfect but still have the knowledge of good and evil. Man can do good or evil, or even be fooled, and thus Man, and not God, has free will.
If God doesn't have free will then it means he isn't omnipotent because he would be incapable of doing approximately one half of all possible actions. Couldn't you say he has the capacity to do evil but always chooses to do good?
I'm not sure if God does anything any more. It seems more passive like allowing for evil to exist and operate under certain conditions and within certain hierarchies.
I never got the idea that God being in charge meant that we had no free will.
My understanding is that God does not have free will because God is Good, and thus cannot do anything but the greatest good in any circumstance and, being omniscient and omnipotent, is fully aware of what that good action is and has the power to fulfill it.
Humans, on the other hand, are imperfect but still have the knowledge of good and evil. Man can do good or evil, or even be fooled, and thus Man, and not God, has free will.
If God doesn't have free will then it means he isn't omnipotent because he would be incapable of doing approximately one half of all possible actions. Couldn't you say he has the capacity to do evil but always chooses to do good?
I'm not sure if God does anything any more. It seems more passive like allowing for evil to exist and operate under certain conditions and within certain hierarchies.