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%GOD HUMAN FREE WILL INDEPENDENCE INTERDEPENDENCE 050420 %PHILOSOPHY THEOLOGY TALK WRITE SCHOLAR THEOLOGY IT 050420 %EVIL RELATIONSHIPS INDIVIDUALS ESSENTIAL NATURE ID 050420 %FREEDOM PARTICIPATE BOND DESIRE HOPE YEARN ACTIONS 050420 %RESPONSIVE INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP SEXUAL CREATIVITY 050420 %OPEN HONEST DIALOGUE INITIATE DESCRIBE EXPERIENCES 050420 There have been many philosophical and/or theological discussions and writings about Free-Will on the part of humans. Are humans really free to make their own choices or, are they predestined in a complete way to do what God Wills that they do? Is God the dominant consideration, or are humans free to act independently of God's Will? The above focus of the considerations and discussion is a tragically misleading focus. It is a projection upon God considered as a Domineering-Person --- of the tragic domineering attitudes and dispositions of dominant scholars and theologians. There are far more helpful ways of framing the questions, and far more liberating "frames" in terms of which to consider the situations which actually exist in human-to-human-relationships, human-to- other-alive-creature-relationships, and human-to- inanimate-object-relationships. In each of the above instances the kinds of foci around which the questions may helpfully be framed, and the kinds of "frames" which may helpfully be devised --- are suggested by the following kinds of considerations: 1. What are the reliable indications REGARDING-THE- ABILITY of each participant in each relationship to: imagine, envision, yearn-for, desire, plan-for, strive- for, fight-for --- taking some independent initiative, reciprocating in responsive ways, being-actively- interactive, becoming-bonded, creating-a-mutual- relationship, being openly honest, being integrative, etc? 2. What are the reliable indications OF-LIMITED- ABILITY on the part of participants in each relationship to: imagine, envision, yearn-for, desire, plan-for, strive-for, fight-for: taking some independent initiative, reciprocating in responsive ways, being-actively- interactive, becoming-bonded, creating-a-truly-mutual- relationship, etc? 3. What are the reliable indications of the different levels of integrity which have existed in relationships between humans --- as compared to the relationships between humans and: different kinds of alive-creatures, different kinds of inanimate-objects, and different kinds-of-humans? 4. What are the reliable indicators of the different levels of integrity in each of the above kinds of relationships? 5. How are the levels of integrities of the various relationships correlated with the levels of domination among the participants within the relationships? 6. How are the levels of the integrities of the various relationships correlated with the amounts of freedom which the participants are willing to grant to the other participants within the relationships? 7. What are the most helpful questions which can be framed, asked, and responded to regarding the levels of freedoms of the participants in the relationships --- and the reasons for the participants having differing levels of freedom to act upon choices which are inherent in them and their independent relationships with each other participant? (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy) ==========================================================