Free-Will—My Favorite Golden Calf
Some time ago, I was discussing a theological idea with a pastor friend of mine. During the discussion, as a totally, throw-away, inconsequential statement of universally accepted truth (i.e.,“the sun comes up in the East”), he mumbled this aside, seemingly not to me, but as a reminder to himself—”Of course, we have free-will.” Since the Fall in the Garden of Eden, “free-will” has been baked into human nature. It is the logical result of being able to determine good and evil, right and wrong,…