Responsibility and Reason
It is not enough for Man to say "I am free"; he must learn to say also "I am responsible." Man is free to choose his way in life; from all manner of little decisions to the bigger ones, such as marriage or employment. Man has freedom to pray to whatsoever deity he chooses. In a nutshell- Man is free. But at what cost? Can man truly be free if he forsakes all responsibility for his choices and actions? A man who forsakes responsibility for his actions is no longer free; for he has made himself slave to passion, desire, anger, hatred, and the multiplicity of other emotions that plague the human race. If we say that man has no ability to control himself, then we give him over to bondage to instinct and desire; degrading him from being a creature gifted with divine knowledge and free will, to that of a mere beast doing for the moment what feels good. Man is not a mere beast; but a being created in the image and likeness of God. ...