Free Will - "God" style: a gift?

We are always reminded by Christians that God gave us free will. Indeed, the wrongful exercise of free will back in the Garden of Eden was what stuffed up all of creation.
But is it free will if it so closely resembles blackmail?
Is it free will when someone has a gun pointed in your face?

Theres something wrong about Gods free will, as described in the bible. It doesnt look very free. If any human parent or friend can give free will to others better than God can, then that doesnt say much for God being perfect.

It could just be that the whole thing is a bunch of bullshit designed to scare children and blame the victim.

Here are the biblical verses which I referred to and quoted, and which Im sure people are going to accuse me of having misinterpreted and taken out of context.
Rev 3:20
John 5:22
2 Timothy 4:1
Revelation 20:15
Luke 16:24
Romans 6:13
Romans 5:15
Rev 20:10

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[Zipzap220]

I showed this to a christian friend of mine... He de-converted! Thank you!

[rcguy69]

Best free will commentary/parody ever!

[someonetoogoodforyou]

@NonStampCollector Awesome vid. Can you make another one which talks about the logical impossibilities of a seemingly deterministic universe and 'free will'? I mean, if God is omnipotent, that means he has complete power over the universe which includes our very thoughts. So, if a God does exist, we're forced to accept (logically) that either he does have complete power but doesn't give us 'free will', or he doesn't have complete power but punishes us for not obeying him with our 'free will'

[olelumpy]

"Hey, you guys want free will?"

"Well sure."

"Alright, be careful with it though, if you use it wrong you'll spend forever in the worst agony available to your kind."

"Well sh*t god, take it back then!"

-Example of exact;y the type of argument we didn't have to choice of making with god before he gave us free will.

[PrivateJoker17]

@Zipzap220 A sane Christian who has the ability to apply logic to their beliefs? You're obviously lying.

;D

[ChipArgyle]

Those Jesus and God guys are bullies. They're running nothing more than a mob protection racket.

[merrick926]

if there is a god its not the one described in the bible. worship me because of this book that was written by man or i will torture you for all of eternity. if there was a god and it wanted us to know about it wouldnt it use a credible source?i was raised christian but by the time i was 13 my dad had died from m.s. and my little brother was run over by a truck. "where two or more agree in prayer it shall be done" didnt work for us. which didnt mean that it wasnt true just that it wasnt gods will

[Zipzap220]

@TheRody12 Nope, he just realized the logic in all of this, and the stupidity of his devotion. It kick-started the thought process that made him de-convert. What that learned me was that deep inside everyone, no matter how deluded, there is a spark of logic.

[TheRody12]

@Zipzap220Your friend must be gullible. You showed him one stupid youtube video and he denounced his religion.