Choosing Sides
Back in School, especially in the elementary grades we played dodge ball, Kickball, Softball and basketball. There was no mortal danger or unchangeable consequence, no life altering permanence to choose the loosing side in one of these games. It was just a game that lasted for an hour or less and the next day we would play again. Aside from the occasional scraped knee or bruised ego, no real harm was done; it was light-hearted competition for the moment.
Ever since the Garden of Eden when God gave man free will to serve Him, Man has made choices; choices about what he would eat or wear; when he would awaken and when he would sleep. Man learned quickly and made many right choices, but there came a day when that would change. The first wrong made by mankind was made by Eve who was deceived by the serpent in the Garden. It was her choice to disobey God and it had permanent consequences that still affect her descendants to this day.
The Blessing and the Burden of having Free Will is that We Have to Choose. There is always a crossroads directly before us where we must choose to go this ay or that. Not all choices are between absolute wrong and absolute right. Some choices will be between what is good for us and what is best for us and we must decide which will be followed.
We grow up learning to make more and more decisions as the years go by.
The majority of our decisions will have only to do with what clothes to wear or what flavor of soft drink to
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“Mankind was created in the image of God.” (Genesis 2:15-17) Being created in the image of God makes us moral beings; with the ability to decide between right and wrong. According to Noebel “Christian morality is founded on the conviction that an absolute moral order exists.” The differences between right and wrong is absolute as defined by God, not mankind’s view of right and wrong by mankind’s perspective.
Dodgeball helps teach students around the world that it is OK to lose at a game every now and then, it happens to everyone. Rick Reilly, the author of the article Weak Shall Inherit the Gym stated that “Then those kids’ parents will send them out into the world to realise that, Yes there are winners and losers.” Bringing this statement into the argument helps show that if adults do not show those noncompetitive children that it is possible to lose, they will not act like an adult when they do lose they will never learn. Kids just have to learn to deal with it and learn from their mistakes so they will not lose next time. Children have to deal with losing like a Mature adult or they will have a rough life later on.
“I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.” (Coelho, Brainyquote.com).
This quote confirms to the readers that the reasons why choosing the beneficial choices are vital. Whether you make a choice to a difficult path or a tranquil path in a life, the desired choice is the finest thing you need in life. The choice can be justifying foolish beliefs, making bad decisions, or performing hurtful acts, but we will all learn from our mistakes and prevent them from happening again in the future. As this quote is very short, it allows the reader to take this vital lesson and apply it into our lives.
An individual with “Free Will” is capable of making vital decisions and choices in life with own free consent. The individual chooses these decisions without any outside influence from a set of “alternative possibilities.” The idea of “free will” imposes a certain kind of power on an individual to make decisions of which he or she is morally responsible. This implies that “free will” would include a range of aspects such as originality, moral value, and self-governance. However, in life, individuals may not be free in making decisions. The aspect of freedom could entail remarkably a high status action and achievement in an individual’s life whose attainment could be close to impossibility. Often, people make
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