DETERMINISM
To most Christians and Muslims, whatsoever they can't explain and to many others, everything that happens in their life is God's will. The big question is does everything that happen represents God's will?
If I go to an army barracks and slap an army general and I am maltreated, decides to stand on the road and gets crushed by a car, or decides not to take up a job or work hard and I am poor, will you say that the aftermath of my actions is God's will? Certainly no!
Some things are beyond our comprehension no doubt but except for such instances, we have to be responsible for our actions. Man wasn't created to be a robot and God is not some old man who forces people to accept whatsoever He wishes for them. If this is true, then He would have forced everybody to be Christians.
Despite God having a divine plan for every man, we can on our own decide through our choices to key into His agenda for us or not. If you believe everything that happens is God's will, then that I am against that thought represents His will too.
There is so much wickedness in the world that if you say all that happens is God's will, you will portray God to be one blood thirsty tyrant who takes pleasure in terrorism, arm robbery, kidnapping etc.
I'm Jay Sun and I believe we may not entirely decide what comes our way but we have a huge role to play on what is allowed to stay with us and to an extent how long it stays.
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There are different aspects of God's will. It isn't God's will that anyone sins or goes to hell but people have free will.
There are times when God causes something to happen or prevents it from happening.
(Exodus 4:21 NIV) The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
(Exodus 7:2-4 NIV) You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. {3} But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, {4} he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites.
(Exodus 14:4 NIV) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." So the Israelites did this.
(Exodus 14:19-29 NIV) Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, {20} coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long. {21} Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, {22} and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. {23} The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. {24} During the last watch of the night the LORD looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. {25} He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, "Let's get away from the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt." {26} Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen." {27} Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the LORD swept them into the sea. {28} The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen--the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived. {29} But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
Yes thanks @barncat. I respect your submission.