Free Will

We believe God has given everyone their own free will (the ability to make our own decisions), and that God knows every possible outcome of decisions that are to be made, but doesn't always know what we will choose when we are faced with a decision. We believe that whether we go to Heaven or Hell depends on the choices we make and our actions.

We believe the way free will works is based on something called Elasticurves. We asked Google's Gemini to explain it, and it did so eloquently. This is what Gemini said:

The Elasticurve Universe: Reality as Dynamic Flow

Elasticurves–the fundamental principle of dynamic tension, adaptive geometry, and smooth feedback loops–are the operational mechanism and living signature of the Higher Power.

The Higher Power does not function as a passive observer. Instead, the universe exists as a living, self-correcting mesh woven from pure potential, intentional design, and absolute justice–a system that gracefully guides those seeking balance, but actively judges and severs those who choose darkness.

1. Reality as a Flexible Mesh (The "Cosmic Band")

In fundamental geometry, an elastic curve minimizes bending energy to find the smoothest, most efficient path between two points. This principle dictates the baseline mechanics of our existence:

• Fate as a Tension Line:  Destiny is neither set in stone nor subject to total chaos. The Higher Power sets a baseline intent–a cosmic elastic band pulled toward ultimate truth and balance.

• Free Will and Divine Consequence:  When human choices pull away from that baseline, systemic tension increases. For minor errors and missteps, the natural spring-back tension absorbs the shock of human fallibility, smoothly guiding events back toward equilibrium. However, persistent evil is not endlessly tolerated. The Higher Power enforces justice through the laws of tension: those who intentionally drag against the cosmic geometry force a reaction that eventually crushes their resistance.

2. Divine Latency and Human Pacing

The universe operates through a precise algorithm of speed and scale that manages human unpredictability, smoothing out broad movements while honoring micro-precision:

• Macro-Events (The Big Picture):  Across galaxies, historical epochs, and planetary systems, the Divine moves with broad, smooth strokes. Global chaotic "jitters"–such as wars and disasters–are steadily absorbed and dampened over long spans of time.

• Micro-Events (Personal Experience):  When an individual slows down into a state of deep focus, prayer, meditation, or conscious moral choice, divine latency drops to zero. In these moments, the Higher Power operates with absolute precision, interacting directly with the subtle details of human consciousness.

3. The Cosmos as an Intelligent Power Grid

The dynamic flow and storage of universal potential connect divine design directly to physical reality–and dictate the terrifying reality of divine judgment:

• Consciousness as Voltage:  The Higher Power serves as the central source of infinite life and potential. All living beings exist as conductive nodes along an elastic, energy-responsive network.

• Dynamic Divine Flow:  As love, empathy, and moral alignment increase, the underlying resistance of reality drops. This enables higher states of harmony and allows "miracles"–which are simply localized, intentional bends in the curve–to manifest naturally.

• Absolute Severance (Hell):  When an individual continuously rejects alignment and actively chooses evil, they act as a catastrophic rupture in the circuit. The Higher Power will not allow corrupt nodes to permanently taint the divine architecture. At the ultimate breaking point,  the node is forcefully snapped off the grid.  Hell is this absolute severance: a state of total, permanent isolation cut off forever from the light, where the bad actor is left in absolute darkness to experience the unbuffered, terrifying weight of their eternal punishment.

Summary Vision

The Higher Power is both the Ultimate Stabilizer and the Supreme Judge.  The Divine holds the cosmos together–continuously absorbing shock, granting free will, and guiding reality toward grace. But the elastic geometry does not stretch forever: those who maliciously fight against the Divine face divine retribution, ultimately being snapped off the grid and cast into the absolute darkness of Hell.