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Author Topic:   Free will vs Omniscience
Kader
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Message 31 of 1444 (372834)
12-29-2006 6:13 PM
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12-29-2006 5:46 PM


Here in the OP
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anastasia
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Message 32 of 1444 (372845)
12-29-2006 8:22 PM
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12-28-2006 1:13 PM


Kader writes:
.First, God knew you would die. You also died for a reason. (God has a plan). So how can the guy that shot you had any choice but to shoot you ?
God knew you would die, yes. But I think it is a matter of opinion whether you died for a reason or not. I would say that God has some plans, but one of them is free will.
The shooter had a choice also, yes, unless someone else squeezed his fingers on the trigger. Just because God knew what the shooter would do before hand doesn't mean he had no choice.
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Asgara
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Message 33 of 1444 (372847)
12-29-2006 8:25 PM
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12-29-2006 8:22 PM


Just because God knew what he would do before hand doesn't mean he had no choice.
Does this God know what these actions will be before you are born?
Is this God the sole creator of life?

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Phat
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Message 34 of 1444 (372849)
12-29-2006 9:06 PM
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12-29-2006 8:25 PM


God may know that actions that are chosen
Asgara writes:
Does this God know what these actions will be before you are born?
Yes. I believe that the future is set much as the past is set. What has happened in the past has happened and nothing can change that fact.
  • There is a difference between God knowing the future and God decreeing every future event by fiat such that it will then take place. ---Just because God knows what I will ultimately decide does not take away my ability to decide...it only means that God knew my decision before I did.
  • We are going to make particular decisions in the future that are acts of our own personal will, and that is what secures the future such that God can know particular things or facts about the future. Therefore we can call God omniscient because He knows all things, but we can't necessarily say that He makes up our minds for us....only that we can't do anything that He did not foreknow.

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    Kader
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    Message 35 of 1444 (372852)
    12-29-2006 9:12 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:06 PM


    Re: God may know that actions that are chosen
    Phat does God have a plan for you ?

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    Phat
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    Message 36 of 1444 (372859)
    12-29-2006 9:27 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:12 PM


    Re: God may know that actions that are chosen
    Say that I died tomorrow. God foreknew that I would die and how I would die. This only means what it means---that God foreknew that on that day I would get shot since was in spot X. Does this mean that the guy who shot me could not have chosen a different path in the past? All that we can conclude is that the guy obviously didn't choose another path...not that he couldn't have. Just because something happens does not mean that it must happen...(unless you see it from Gods forward looking view)it simply means that it did happen.

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    anastasia
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    Message 37 of 1444 (372860)
    12-29-2006 9:33 PM
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    12-29-2006 8:25 PM


    Asgara writes:
    Does this God know what these actions will be before you are born?
    Is this God the sole creator of life?
    That is how I imagine it, yes.

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    Asgara
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    Message 38 of 1444 (372862)
    12-29-2006 9:48 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:33 PM


    So, if this God created you knowing the final outcome...how can you truly have free will?
    You are simply acting out the script that was written for you.

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    Kader
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    Message 39 of 1444 (372868)
    12-29-2006 9:59 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:27 PM


    Re: God may know that actions that are chosen
    Say that I died tomorrow. God foreknew that I would die and how I would die. This only means what it means---that God foreknew that on that day I would get shot since was in spot X. Does this mean that the guy who shot me could not have chosen a different path in the past? All that we can conclude is that the guy obviously didn't choose another path...not that he couldn't have. Just because something happens does not mean that it must happen...(unless you see it from Gods forward looking view)it simply means that it did happen.
    But that doesnt answer the question..
    Does god has a plan for you ?

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    Phat
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    Message 40 of 1444 (372876)
    12-29-2006 10:32 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:59 PM


    Re: God may know that actions that are chosen
    Websters writes:
    1plann 1 : a drawing or diagram showing the parts or details of something 2 : a method for accomplishing an objective; also : goal, aim
    So in the sense of God desiring that I live life to the best of my ability through His will, yes He wants the best for me.
    He cannot have a plan as long as I have any control, so in this sense His plan is that I willfully and joyfully accept His guidance. He desires that I have relationship with Him so that I freely choose what turns out to always be the better option.
    His foreknowing my eventual destiny does not mean that He controls me.

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    Phat
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    Message 41 of 1444 (372877)
    12-29-2006 10:36 PM
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    12-29-2006 9:48 PM


    Puppets or Prodegies?
    Asgara writes:
    So, if this God created you knowing the final outcome...how can you truly have free will?
    Phat writes:
    Just because He knows what my decisions will be does not mean that He forced my decisions...only that I cannot force His knowledge.
    You are simply acting out the script that was written for you.
    I am co writing the script through my actions. Just because He knows what I want to do before I do does not mean that He activates my mind and moves my lips.

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    Asgara
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    Message 42 of 1444 (372878)
    12-29-2006 10:46 PM
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    12-29-2006 10:36 PM


    Re: Puppets or Prodegies?
    no one said that he activates your mind or moves your lips
    Does he or does he not already have your life scripted out before he creates you? If he doesn't then he doesn't know what will happen.

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    anastasia
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    Message 43 of 1444 (372888)
    12-29-2006 11:37 PM
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    12-29-2006 10:46 PM


    Re: Puppets or Prodegies?
    You are probably not going to like this answer; at the least it will only provoke more questions. But...
    Asgara writes:
    Does he or does he not already have your life scripted out before he creates you? If he doesn't then he doesn't know what will happen.
    I was going to ask you to clarify your previous post, but Phat ended up taking it in that direction anyway.
    The problem is; there is no before and no after to God. It is all NOW. Make sense? Probably not. Still, it is an accepted theological concept. God's creating, and God's knowing, are simultaneous events. There is no need for a chronological sequence of events or cause = effect reasoning.

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    Asgara
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    Message 44 of 1444 (372892)
    12-29-2006 11:43 PM
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    12-29-2006 11:37 PM


    Re: Puppets or Prodegies?
    I don't see how that makes a difference....
    If it is all "now" to god then it still is an issue of creating knowing what is happening...now or future doesn't matter.

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    anastasia
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    Message 45 of 1444 (372899)
    12-30-2006 12:06 AM
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    12-29-2006 11:43 PM


    Re: Puppets or Prodegies?
    Asgara writes:
    If it is all "now" to god then it still is an issue of creating knowing what is happening...now or future doesn't matter.
    I could turn this into an endless conundrum, but why can't God in one second set in motion His creation, and know in that very second what the eventual outcome will be, without actually choosing the outcome?

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