What is FREEDOM ?

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Dallas, Texas
July 13, 2018 3:19pm CST
You can always just Google that word and find many links to profoundly well thought out definitions and articles about that word, the forbidden word: FREEDOM. Free as a bird? Free to be me? Free from sin? Freedom to ........? Feel free to comment. At no cost to you. It is free for you to do so. :) But, what is your definition of the word FREEDOM? Any takers?
Here's a word that will earn you 15 points if you spell it during a game of Scrabble: deontology. This is an ethical theory that ...
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@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
14 Jul 18
I watched a T.D. Jakes sermon today about "'Being Free CONDITIONALLY' vs. 'Being Free Indeed'"---comparing it to "'being an escapee' vs. 'being fully paroled'"---the main difference being that the first involves lots of 'looking over your shoulder and being on the run'
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• Dallas, Texas
14 Jul 18
The difference is clear.
@wolfgirl569 (95145)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Jul 18
At this point in time Freedom is just to be allowed to live in peace the way I want too. But I do agree with John Roberts that it changes over time. I know my parents felt they lost freedom when I had to take over driving for them. And that will bug me too if it ever happens to me.
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@May2k8 (18078)
• Indonesia
14 Jul 18
freedom for me is to do whatever we love but certainly without disturbing other peoples.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jul 18
I have been pondering this question awhile and can't come up with anything concrete. I do believe what is freedom changes over the course of a lifetime. What we thought meant freedom at 30 is longer so at a much later age.
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• Dallas, Texas
14 Jul 18
Yes, it's meaning is more subjective to each person than definitive over time.
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@aureliah (24319)
• Kenya
14 Jul 18
Freedom for me is doing what I want and when I want it
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
14 Jul 18
Freedom for me is the opportunity to do what makes you happy..