I'd have to say that blanket statements are not really a good way to go about things when free will is on the table. Firstly, I'd imagine that not everyone who believes in god believes that they have free will...hence the debate. Lutherans (or Calvinists, I always mix them up) are entirely determinalistic in their religious practices: basically, the placement in the afterlife of a man, woman, or child is decided by god before birth, or even conception. This basically invalidates any need to act good or evil, in the general senses of the terms. Hence, their entire life has been mapped out by god before anything happens, so there is no chance of free will.
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They all say they have free will, but when something good happens to them they say that god did it for them and thank him, and when dog... er god, I always confuse the two for some reason, lets something bad happen to them they all say it was his vision and he has bigger plans for them.
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...is not hypocracy (sp?). More like blind religion. And again, blanket statements rarely, if ever, are true.