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Jameson
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Let me define the God I am talking about first. I am looking at one quality of the Christian God, omniscience. That is "Having total knowledge; knowing everything".
Now I am going with the belief that God knows all past and all future as the statement I am discussing.
This is a question of free will. If God knows the future before it happens, does it take away our free will?
I'd like to start out by saying that we do not have complete free will. We are bound by the laws of physics, which we did not define. I think this is being discussed in another forum. Anyway, I believe if God knows the future before it happens, then we obviously do not have free will.
Now I know the opposition that many of you may be thinking. God is outside of our time, outside of our reality and does not need to follow the rules He defined for us. To be honest, I would say this does not hold up logically. God is supposed to be everyone, he is omnipresent. How can a God that is everywhere not be somewhere? Our minds contemplate many contradictions that we cannot explain, so sometimes we turn to faith. My main point in this whole thread, is that the belief that God knows the future is decided by faith, not by logic.
Alright, I'm interested in your thoughts. Post them.
Jameson
Now I am going with the belief that God knows all past and all future as the statement I am discussing.
This is a question of free will. If God knows the future before it happens, does it take away our free will?
I'd like to start out by saying that we do not have complete free will. We are bound by the laws of physics, which we did not define. I think this is being discussed in another forum. Anyway, I believe if God knows the future before it happens, then we obviously do not have free will.
Now I know the opposition that many of you may be thinking. God is outside of our time, outside of our reality and does not need to follow the rules He defined for us. To be honest, I would say this does not hold up logically. God is supposed to be everyone, he is omnipresent. How can a God that is everywhere not be somewhere? Our minds contemplate many contradictions that we cannot explain, so sometimes we turn to faith. My main point in this whole thread, is that the belief that God knows the future is decided by faith, not by logic.
Alright, I'm interested in your thoughts. Post them.
Jameson