David Gregory Quotes

Man is a responsible moral agent, though he is also divinely controlled; man is divinely controlled, though he is also a responsible moral agent.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

This means that to man God gave a degree of free will.

God made us. He's in charge of everything, right? If He didn't like us, why didn't he change us?

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people from doing evil things.

I know that I have a voice and can use it for good or bad. It's a gift from God.

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.

God just has a way of working things out the way he wants to and you have no say in that.

I think God gives every one of us our own will, and unfortunately, some people choose to do evil things with it.

God has been pleased to prescribe limits to his power and to work out his ends within these limits.

My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?

Most of the characters I write with don't think an awful lot about their faith. They're not always questioning the church or feeling confined by the church or rebelling against the church.

Everything that happens is determined by God.

If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.

Either I am just what God intended me for, or God cannot 'carry out' His intentions, it would seem.

I wanted to find out exactly who was in charge, whether it was God Himself or whether it was scientists in the laboratory. It was us.

While early childhood experiences may impel, they do not compel. In the end, evil is a matter of choice.

Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all.

I don't seek the counsel of God. God doesn't speak to me on what I should or shouldn't do.

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines.

Do freshman philosophy classes nowadays debate updated versions of the age-old questions? Like, how could a merciful God allow AIDS, childhood cancers, tsunamis and Dick Cheney?

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

The first thing that we need to say is that God is grieving, too. Uh, a lot of people try to make it sound like 'well everything that happens is God's will.' That's nonsense. God allows everything, but God does not choose everything.

The doctrine of free will is always in danger of robbing God of his honor