Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Here is to doing what I want.


The freedom to act acccording to our own desires is called compatibilism, because it is compatible with determinism. The bible ascribes this capacity to all human beings.

The bible says "good" people act out of the desires of thier good heart, the wicked person out of his wicked heart (Matt. 12:35). There are times, of course, when we are unable to do what we “want” to do, at some level of wanting (as Rom. 7:15). But in most of the decisions of life, we do what we want, in the face of potential obstacles.