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There are folks who, in trying to absolve bible-god from any responsibility for this screw up we call the world (this is assuming we are following Christian logic here), appeal to the idea of "free will." However, according to the "inspired" writer of the book of Romans, this is NOT the case. According to his theology, some of us were born destined for damnation and others born destined for glory. Like with many other things in the Bible, no matter how you slice it, you have all kinds of problems to deal with which requires all kinds of verbal gymnastics to get around.

Here is what the writer states:

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, “Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?


Then the writer take umbrage to those who dare question the ways of God by asking how dare one questions this arrangement. Makes you just feel all warm and fuzzy inside, doesn't it?

- Romans 9:14-21