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I think free will is defined as the ability to choose one's course of action free from outside influence. Since sin is to miss the mark, I would claim that it is analogous to not perfectly effecting one's will.
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So gods has freedom but god’s will is supremely strong. Very enlightening, thank you smooth.
Though this brings up a question. Is supreme free will determined by the lack of all outside as well as internal influence or just outside influence? Certainly if one has an inclination, that inclination cannot be the result of oneself.
If god is supremely good from the start then he is controlled by an inclination. On the other hand if god’s goodness were a choice, then god would not be supremely good by nature. This brings us to the question of omnipotence. If god gives himself a command to be supremely good, can he break it? Why would he break it? Well since there is no natural inclination to be good, god can just as well be evil, as a being without any inclination is simply neutral.
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You would first have to prove the existence of good and evil. Last i heard the good and evil were in the eyes of the beholder.
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Could not agree more filtherton and certainly one could not exist without the other. That doest mean I cannot use the common theoretical descriptions of a theoretical being to come up with theoretical arguments
