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Working without Instructions

Imagine you are Adam on your first day of work. And your boss put you in charge, but didn’t give you directions.
Hi Adam,
You are in charge of my greenhouse.
Adam: ah okay
God: I’ll be back.
Adam: ahh okay
And that’s the instructions. Could you imagine showing up for your first day of work and not getting any instructions, without getting a job description, without anything!?
Then instead of giving instructions later on, God just says “you need help.” Still no instructions except don’t eat the apple!”
Adam: ahhh Okay
Fast forward to the present. Has God giving any better directions? Maybe, I don’t know. Sort of, but it’s all a bit confusing. If you believe one group of people, yes. But then that means this other group of people are wrong, and then another group is wrong…if you are the boss, wouldn’t you give better instructions? Imagine teaching your 6 year old how to drive a car? Err…let’s not. That’s scary.
But it is up to you to have faith through your free will. You learn your job through education. How to write. How to make things. How to cook. It doesn’t mean you don’t have free will. It just means you know what the rules ought to be first.
When you’re driving in your car, you can go anywhere you want, but you don’t do you? It’s still your choice, but you know if you drive into the tree, you’re going to die! You have a rule. You know the rule. You follow the rule. Does that mean you gave up free will? NO! It means you learned a rule and follow the rule because you understand the rule.
God has not told us what the rules are. There’s no way any rational person (and that is an oxymoron. People, including myself, are not rational) would believe that an omnipotent being would give obtuse instructions and expect good results. It’s just silly.

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