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Sol -- only if you believe in a fully deterministic universe (and even then, it depends on what you mean by free will, and even if you have a strong view of free will, there are ways out of it).
mr sticky -- God's influence isn't enough to get rid of my free will. Consider the situation where I influence my friends to go to the bar with me -- do they still have free will? Of course! (Assuming they had it in the first place.) Even putting a gun to someone's head doesn't take away their free will, though it certainly influences their decision. But if God *causes* us to do something, that would tend to take away our free will.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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