Does free will exist in Heaven?

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Does free will exist in Heaven?

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I've seen the argument presented many times on this forum that God allows the existence of evil in the world because it is important for man to have free will, otherwise it is argued man would be little better than God's robots. This leads me to wonder how Christians envision Heaven working. So a few questions:


Does free will exist in Heaven?

Is it possible to sin in Heaven and, if so, what happens to the sinner?

If not, how is man not the will-less robots Christians often argue we would be here under similar circumstances?

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myth-one.com wrote: Sun May 20, 2012 11:36 am
Augustine_Was_Calvinist wrote:
Does free will exist in Heaven?
Define what you think "free will" means.
Is it possible to sin there?
No.

Why?

Because God informs His sheep, by way of Inspired Scripture, that His sheep are being conformed to reflect the image of Christ, who is the Second Person of the Divine Essence, a process that will be completed and perfected at the Resurrection, and those sheep of Christ will share in the perfect Divine nature of perfect righteousness.

There will be no desire to sin, just as Christ had no desire to sin.
I doubt the user could back that! Not even with scripture.

So the riddle remains; Will heavenists be assimilated mercylessly in heaven, or can they sin and what happens if?

Someone here said assimilating heavenists would make god like a borg.

If that is so it would Satan give the role of Seven of Nine, . . . or Satan of Nine?
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Freewill does exist that is why the devil had it and rebbelled something we must not do but still mystery as how he aquired it we do not know ?

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