Church doesn’t allow free speech, let alone free will

THERE’S a thorny old problem in theology: free will versus determinism.

God, being God, knows all and sees all and, therefore, knows how each of us will act. God already knows how the stories of our lives will end.

Christianity teaches that we have free will, that we can choose eternal bliss or the fiery pits. But if God knows what we will choose, and God made us, then how is this a choice?