explanation for whatever we choose, then, by libertarian standards, we are not really or significantly free. Sanders and other libertarians hold that several things would follow if this were the case. First, it would mean that God has not really given us the “room to be genuine”—or “significant”—“others” to him.16 If he has not granted us libertarian freedom then God, Sanders thinks, would ultimately be manipulating us in a way not unlike how a puppeteer manipulates his puppets. Consequently, our