I think Apostle Paul in his book of Romans took a free will away from at least these two brothers he talked about whose destiny was decided by God before they were born. So not having a free will can't be that strange belief even to norm Christians.
Across the spectrum really. I love how it seems to work as a bridge between Abrahamic religions and other world beliefs such as Buddhism, Hinduism etc. No salvation by faith alone, no simple black and white world view, no problem of evil. It affects me through reason and through my heart.
First time here so i thought to introduce myself. I marked my religion to be Gnostic / Taoism probably in wrong order, but just two philosophies that have affected me most.
There seems to be many interesting topics in this forum so i am looking forward to talk with you. I used to be much...