Rise of atheism: 100,000 Brits seek 'de-baptism'

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SciFiBoy said:

Sqrl said:

If it happens by chance yes, but we are debating whether god can have divine influence and still truly allow free will.  The scenario is presented as a thought experiment to that end. 

So do you have an opinion on the thought experiment?

if you mean hypotheticaly, then god would have helped in that situation

but that only applies if you believe in god and reject coincidence as an explination.

In order to discuss whether god's influence overrules free will you have to assume, if only for the sake of argument, that god both exists and is willing to influence.  Whether you believe or not is irrelevant for the purpose of the discussion.  I thought this was fairly self-explanatory to be honest...

In any case the question isn't whether god was helpful or not.  The question, as I stated, is whether god nullified the person's free will by bringing to their attention additional information.

Or to put it another way, does god subvert someone's free will by merely giving them the information to exercise their free will the way they intended to?