Having Free Will biblically speaking is an inference drawing from the fact that life is about making decisions. The entire rest of the Bible is about making good decisions.
The best news of ALL though, is that you only have to make 1 right decision for salvation. That is the decision to accept Jesus' FREE gift.
We're not always going to make the best decisions, look at the garden for instance, slipped up pretty big time there didn't we??
However, I will not stand by this comparison. His teachings were awful. He encouraged indulgence to the point of infection, and then encouraged the spread of those acquired infections. He was truly the most evil man alive during his time for with what he let loose on this world.
Although everything is as it should be, and must be, because it is.
In my opinion, "will" should ever be striving towards the ONLY WILL, that EVER WILL happen. Because no matter what we do, ANYBODY, The LORD's Will still continues.
You either play for HIM, or you play against HIM, but either way, you are still playing HIS game.
I don't mean to be a douche with these words either, just doing my best with what I have read in The Word.
Not offended. It just appears to me to be a matter of interpretation. And I'm not suggesting that just because there are "good" or "bad" things one can choose to do with one's free will, you should just go ahead and do them all regardless because the option is there. What I'm suggesting is that the "rules of the game" are you have the option to "do as thou wilt" with your "free will". That's how this realm works, that's all.
What Crowley and his thelema acolytes chose to do was exercise their "free will" from the dark side of the force. A choice no different than choosing to exercise one's "free will" toward the light side of the force. Each are "free will" choices as the option is always granted and available in every moment to "do as thou wilt" irrespective of the moral benefits or consequences thereof.
Thus, the demonic "do as thou wilt" message Crowley received was merely stating the obvious. The message he did NOT receive was "Do as thou wilt without consequences or ramifications". And I think Crowley knew this was so. He was attempting to fully polarize to the dark side to gain maximum power in this direction. I believe he was made aware of how powerful he could become by doing so, similar to the powers generated by the likes of people like Rasputin and Ghengis Khan. He was the "Darth Vader" of his era so to speak. There seems to always be at least one such individual in every era acting as a "balancing force" to maintain polar equilibrium.
For reals though, I really don't like this Crowley fella. Encouraging his followers to go get std's and then go out and purposely give them to other people...
Encouraging people to have sex with animals dead or alive.
Performing ancient Magick that should very well be left alone. Namely from the grimoire of Abramelin...
I am glad I did not offend fren. This is exactly why I love this community.
I wholeheartedly agree. I'm not advocating for a single thing Crowley and his acolytes ever did. Some reprehensible, horrific stuff without a doubt, who could argue otherwise?
But at the end of the day, they were all simply exercising their free will, which is the "whole of the law", for better or for worse.
Having Free Will biblically speaking is an inference drawing from the fact that life is about making decisions. The entire rest of the Bible is about making good decisions.
The best news of ALL though, is that you only have to make 1 right decision for salvation. That is the decision to accept Jesus' FREE gift.
We're not always going to make the best decisions, look at the garden for instance, slipped up pretty big time there didn't we??
However, I will not stand by this comparison. His teachings were awful. He encouraged indulgence to the point of infection, and then encouraged the spread of those acquired infections. He was truly the most evil man alive during his time for with what he let loose on this world.
Although everything is as it should be, and must be, because it is.
In my opinion, "will" should ever be striving towards the ONLY WILL, that EVER WILL happen. Because no matter what we do, ANYBODY, The LORD's Will still continues.
You either play for HIM, or you play against HIM, but either way, you are still playing HIS game.
I don't mean to be a douche with these words either, just doing my best with what I have read in The Word.
Not offended. It just appears to me to be a matter of interpretation. And I'm not suggesting that just because there are "good" or "bad" things one can choose to do with one's free will, you should just go ahead and do them all regardless because the option is there. What I'm suggesting is that the "rules of the game" are you have the option to "do as thou wilt" with your "free will". That's how this realm works, that's all.
What Crowley and his thelema acolytes chose to do was exercise their "free will" from the dark side of the force. A choice no different than choosing to exercise one's "free will" toward the light side of the force. Each are "free will" choices as the option is always granted and available in every moment to "do as thou wilt" irrespective of the moral benefits or consequences thereof.
Thus, the demonic "do as thou wilt" message Crowley received was merely stating the obvious. The message he did NOT receive was "Do as thou wilt without consequences or ramifications". And I think Crowley knew this was so. He was attempting to fully polarize to the dark side to gain maximum power in this direction. I believe he was made aware of how powerful he could become by doing so, similar to the powers generated by the likes of people like Rasputin and Ghengis Khan. He was the "Darth Vader" of his era so to speak. There seems to always be at least one such individual in every era acting as a "balancing force" to maintain polar equilibrium.
Extremely Nice Write Up!!
Slam Dunkin'!!!
For reals though, I really don't like this Crowley fella. Encouraging his followers to go get std's and then go out and purposely give them to other people...
Encouraging people to have sex with animals dead or alive.
Performing ancient Magick that should very well be left alone. Namely from the grimoire of Abramelin...
I am glad I did not offend fren. This is exactly why I love this community.
u/#pepeguitar
I wholeheartedly agree. I'm not advocating for a single thing Crowley and his acolytes ever did. Some reprehensible, horrific stuff without a doubt, who could argue otherwise?
But at the end of the day, they were all simply exercising their free will, which is the "whole of the law", for better or for worse.
Cheers.
Big Hearts!!!
Warm Feelings!!
Blessings Fren!