We are told that it is a greater world and in fact the real world so how can
it be lesser or limited compared with this world?
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From: "Chase Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Is there free will in the next world?
I think this is a great question. I have never understood it that we
don't have free will but rather that our options are limited- i.e. we
have no choice but God's will.
On 6/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Tim,
I've always understood that we don't have free will in the same sense.
I think this is based on Abdu'l-Baha's statement that our progress in
the next world depends on God's grace rather than our own efforts.
warmest, Susan
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From: Tim Nolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, June 5, 2006 8:36 pm
Subject: Is there free will in the next world?
To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu>
> Abdu'l Baha has written:
>
> "". . . the tests and trials of God take place in this
> world, not in the world of the Kingdom." (Selections from the
> Writings of
> `Abdu'l-Baha, p. 194)
>
> If there are no tests and trials in the next world, does that
> mean there is also no free will? Most of the troubles in this
> world are the result of people exercising free will.
> I do not mean that all troubles are due to malevolence. But,
> aside from natural disasters, the great majority of our pain and
> difficulties are the result of someone using free will.
>
> If souls have free will in the next world, how is it possible
> that there are no tests and trials there? It seems likely to me
> that we will not have free will in the next life.
> What do others think?
>
> Tim Nolan
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