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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Freedom is not about doing what you want, but choosing what is right?  Presumably there is only one "right" course of action. So where is the freedom if you have only one option to achieve this freedom?  Not sure I follow your logic on this. Freedom = no choice other than the "right" choice?  Doesn't sound very freeing to me. [/quote]

This would require a longish discussion of natural law, but briefly:

We have free will.  We can choose to align our will with the natural order of creation, or to step outside of the natural order.  When we choose to go against natural law, there are negative consequences that follow.  When we choose to follow natural law, and only then, we can have true joy and peace.

The temptation is always the same:  that our will, set against natural law, will somehow result in something better.  But that is a lie.

So we are free to choose good or evil.  But actual freedom is only found in doing good.  Choosing to do what is wrong is actually slavery.
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I grew up Catholic, and this Natural Law argument is a tautology.  If you define obedience to the law as the only way to be free, then of course freedom requires you to obey the law!

In reality, cheaters do sometimes prosper.  And you can say they are "enslaved by their sin".  But really, that's an assertion and not proof of anything.  It plays well to a group of people who already believe, but it does not persuade those who do not.[/quote]

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