What is the purpose of thinking about it if I do not have free will? Are you telling me to choose to think about it; and choose a particular method of thinking to arrive at a conclusion? And then to choose the most appealing conclusion based on a choice of criteria? Surely not! :)
I don’t believe my answer is confusing.
I'm not saying it's confusing; because I don't think you chose to be confusing in your reply. I think you are sincerely communicating.
No, I'm watching you exercise your free will choices by asking for your mental processes, evaluations, conclusions and choices along the way. And then choose to communicate with me about them.
My “free will choices” were determined by God from before the foundation of the world.
Amazing, eh? Either that or God is simply a spectator who occasionally steps in and sorts things out.
Not a very comforting thought.
I prefer the God of the Scriptures. His world. His creation. His outcome.
Thank God. Try living one day with that thought uppermost. When you have a moral decision, tell yourself God has chosen righteousness for you. Just try it.
Or argue against it and never really understand.