Response to Sally Perras (1/31)

Throughout history, pre determination has been a subject that has been in constant debate. Personally when this subject comes to mind religion also intertwines. The reason why is because from the beginning of the medieval ages, religion was first and foremost a way of life and secondary it was extremely strict. There was always a presupposition in which a sin was committed then probably you were going to hell unless an indulgence was paid directly to the church to remove the specific sin or sins from yourself. However who is to judge or make the decision that a certain individual will go to hell just because someone committed a sin? Other perspectives also should be analyzed such as how serious was the sin, did it break the ten commandments, and last and not least, why would paying money absolve anyone from a sin. The way I look at it is that committing any type of sin portrays that humans are imperfect, constantly sinning and making mistakes. If Adam and Eve did not sin at the beginning of time (Christianity), the world would be unnatural and perfect, and how do we know what that would be like? Truly pre determination and religion can be extremely confusing in which who is the chief dictator in life that makes all of these complex decisions on a daily basis? Honestly if there is a god, does he make the decisions or does he speak through clergymen (priests,bishops,cardinals,popes etc.)? Or on the other hand does everything just happen and do humans have the right to do anything they want, if their body allows so(fate)? But generally to finish answering your question more or less, humans created pre determination through some type of divine intervention when it comes to religion. These presuppositions were never decided before the beginning of time (science) or at creation (religion). These were just implemented by humans that had some type of power whether it was politically or religiously at the time.