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Do angels have free will?
This is a question that could explain many things, actually.

Yeah, if Angels don't have free will, then...well, God is just mean.

They have to have free will, otherwise they could not love God.  I've heard some people (wiser than me) suggest that their form of free will is somewhat more "rigid" than ours - that perhaps they have the freedom to choose to love God or rebel against Him, but once they make the choice, there is a certain "finality" of it.  Take it for what it's worth - it makes sense in my mind, and it doesn't conflict with anything the Bible teaches (that I can tell).

I know this is kind of a dangerous question, but I came to the conclusion based on these facts:

Natural disasters are created by God. My thought for this was that God does not want us to have a perfect world, because if there was one coupled with our free will there would really be no desperate need for a God.

Thinking about that...I started to think about whether or not Satan was an accident. Do you think that Satan was created on purpose? God created Satan in order to give us a greater depth of free will?

I know its kind of a strange question but I'd really like to know the answer

Well, originally, the earth was supposed to be perfect,  so I would take that originally there weren't any natural disasters until after the Fall.  I also get the idea that evil in and of itself as an entity or physical characteristic does not exist.  For, if it did, then God would have to have created evil and that would in turn imply that part of God is "evil."  Rather, I would say that "evil" is an absence of God; which would be consistent with how Lucifer's rebellion is described in the Bible.  An example of this ideal in the physical world is in the case of light versus darkness: A light can always get brighter, yet something can only get to a certain level of darkness.  Once all traces of light are gone, you have reached "total darkness" and can't, technically, make something darker.  Feel free to disagree, but I expect some sort of evidence to be included into your counter-opinion.

-C_S

Some angels have free will, others subscribe to will for 1500 Microsoft Points/mo.

I know this is kind of a dangerous question, but I came to the conclusion based on these facts:

Natural disasters are created by God. My thought for this was that God does not want us to have a perfect world, because if there was one coupled with our free will there would really be no desperate need for a God.

Thinking about that...I started to think about whether or not Satan was an accident. Do you think that Satan was created on purpose? God created Satan in order to give us a greater depth of free will?

I know its kind of a strange question but I'd really like to know the answer

I don't think this is a dangerous question. It could dangerous if people wanna argue about it, but to answer your question about natural disasters. I believe that natural disasters are brought about by God as Judgement because He is Just and right and will not allow sin to go unpunished. Look at Sodom & Gamorah. I think fire like brimstone falling down from the sky to nuke two cities is a disaster, but we know it was because of their Sin. Not only that but God even looked for someone to intercede for them, Abraham. There's also Noah's flood... again...SIN. What happens in the natural is determined in the spiritual. The spiritual always supercedes the natural, material world. What are the wages of sin... death right.

Lucifer was created on purpose, go back to my 1st post; v. 13- Lucifer said, "I will exalt my what...MY THRONE". God created Lucifer, NOT SATAN. Some people try to argue that God made Satan so thus He made evil, NOT TRUE. That's dualism, Lucifer became satan.   

Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 
Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth;  and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created,  till iniquity was found in thee.

Lucifer comes from the root Hebrew word הלל pronouced "halal" which means:

to be clear (originally of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence to make a show; to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively to celebrate; also to stultify:--(make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool (-ish, -ly), glory, give [light], be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, [sing, be worthy of] praise, rage, renowned, shine.

Lucifer WAS the arch angel in charge of worship like Micheal is warriror in charge of the heavenly armies and Gabriel the messager angel. Only he choose to rebel and thus became Satan of his own accord. He had servants and everything, but messed up, big time.

well, he is your brother.

quick note, I thought dualism is equal conflicting forces that have always existed, not a good guy creating an evil guy.

of course, I'd be willing to argue that Lucifer is Nebby, but we had that discussion already.

There is a difference between discussing something and arguing.

My thought for this was that God does not want us to have a perfect world

I will have to disagree with this statement.  The Garden of Eden was created perfect (meaning there was no sin present).  If God didn't want us to live in a perfect world why would he give Adam & Eve the opportunity to do just that.  Now granted he gave them a choice (Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge), which gave us free will.  He has always given everybody/everything a choice whether to follow him or not.  Lucifer & his followers thought they were too good to follow God, and humans are too stupid ( ) to not sin!

right. I use argue rather loosely.

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yeah i have to agree that they have free will.  cuz wernt deamons angels at one time? and if they were they would have to choose one way or the other.

well, he is your brother.

quick note, I thought dualism is equal conflicting forces that have always existed, not a good guy creating an evil guy.

of course, I'd be willing to argue that Lucifer is Nebby, but we had that discussion already.

well, you also are my brother in Christ!! Haha, no you're right about dualism. The belief that good created evil is an extention of dualism.