In response to my post on pantheism, fellow blogger, Mary-Jane IX, posted the following hypothetical question:
“If God gave us all the power of choice; what right does any of us have to deny someone their God-given right? If someone wants to rape a child, how can we deny that person the power of that choice?” (Read the full post here.)
This is an interesting dilemma.
I think the answer lies not in the fact that we have God-given freedom of choice, per se. Rather we should ask: Why did God give us freewill in the first place? The answer is: Love.
Love requires freewill. Love cannot be forced. It has to be a free choice. Forced love is not love – it is rape.
God gave everyone freedom of choice, including the rapist, as well as the raped child. The rapist uses his freedom of choice to violate the child’s choice not to have sex. The rapist takes away the child’s choice. By doing so the rapist is transgressing the very purpose freewill was given in the first place.
If he doesn’t allow the freewill of another, does he deserve his own freedom?
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