Christians love convincing themselves that predestination and free will can coexist.
I know this because they dominated every discussion in every lit class I've ever taken. We never once talked about bathos or mortality or "the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads"...just the symbiosis of predestination and free will.
Back then, I thought the Christians were arguing for square pegs and round holes, but now I've learned they're right.
God sets a destiny for each and every person...but it's the person's responsibility to fulfill their destiny.
Unfortunately, everyone has the same destiny: kill Adolf Hitler.
And Adolf Hitler is the only person who's done that.
So Adolf Hitler is the only person in Heaven.
Thanks, Christians!
I can't imagine anyone's destiny being kill Hitler. Most of the folks in the 40's' destiny was to be killed by Hitler. Hence, they made it to Heaven...though they had to go through a bit of Hell to get there.
ReplyDeleteAnd we totally fulfill our destiny with our free will. How else do you explain the fact that we dropped $100k on a school that can't keep Douglas Fairbanks' sword secure for more than a year?
That was destiny. And we all decided to do it. God told us to.