Porkncheese writes:
God knows the future right?
So Judas turns Jesus into the Roman's for gold and later hangs himself out of guilt.
This would send a man to hell. But Jesus himself knew what Judas was going to do.
Doesn't seem fair that Judas goes to hell for something that's out of his control.
The other example I will use is Adam and Eve. How does that work wen God already has it written in stone.
I think your issues are right... but it depends on who "writes it in stone."
That is... if God creates everyone, knowing full well what they will do when created... then God is writing it in stone.
However, if God creates everyone, but doesn't know what anyone will do. And then people write their own decisions in stone... then God looks into the future after His creation event at the stone-writing... well, I don't see a problem with that.
Directly applicable to your example:
If God created Judas and knew Judas was going to do that, then it's a problem for religion.
If God created Judas, didn't know Judas was going to do that... then Jesus looks into the future (that Judas wrote)... and is sad for Judas' decision... then it's not a problem for religion.
The only issue is... when it's "not a problem" for religion, that's only in regards to Free Will. It then creates a problem of God "knowing everything" because God would not have known what Judas was going to do at some point before Judas' creation. I don't see an issue with that at all... but certain religious-types might. Depends on how tied their religion is to the idea that God must know all things at all times.
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