Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Him or Us 2

In a previous post (March), we asked how Judaism can claim that God guides history, and at the same time claim that humans have free will.  If humans have free will, can't they choose to lead history in a direction contrary to God's plan?
Perhaps humans indeed control history, and what God does is merely provide humanity with opportunities to lead history in the desired direction.  God controls the range of options given to humans in their autonomous decision-making.  Would this approach be consistent with Jewish values?

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