I heard the following from someone at work last week. I was wondering how you would respond to it. Here is what he said:
"Here is what would happen if God ordained our choices. Suppose you have to decide between selecting two options- option A and option B. Suppose that God determines that you will select option A and not option B. If God ordains that you will select option A, then selecting option A is the only possible selection that you can make. You could not select option B because you cannot choose the contrary of what God ordains that you will choose. Therefore, you do not really have choices. In order to have choices, you have to be able to select from more than one option. Since it is impossible for you to select an option other than option A, you really don't have choices."
"Here is what would happen if God ordained our choices. Suppose you have to decide between selecting two options- option A and option B. Suppose that God determines that you will select option A and not option B. If God ordains that you will select option A, then selecting option A is the only possible selection that you can make. You could not select option B because you cannot choose the contrary of what God ordains that you will choose. Therefore, you do not really have choices. In order to have choices, you have to be able to select from more than one option. Since it is impossible for you to select an option other than option A, you really don't have choices."