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Author Topic:   Omniscience, Omnipotence, the Fall & Logical Contradictions.
DevilsAdvocate
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Message 249 of 354 (490982)
12-10-2008 1:30 PM
Reply to: Message 248 by trainspotting
12-10-2008 7:54 AM


Could God change his mind? Since he knows already which decision he is going to make (no surprise for him)!
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I will take a crack at this.
As a former Christian now agnostic most educated Christians define God as not being subject to the dimensions of spacetime. That is to God, there is no past, present or future. If this is the case, than how could he change his mind? Also, if he is omniscient i.e. knows everything and when everything is going to happend, again how can he change his mind? That would be a paradox would it not? If he changed his mind i.e. premeditated a decision and then decided to go with a different decision about a particular subject, that would imply that he is subject to the dimension of time. To change his mind implies a cause and effect relationship and therefore subject to the restrictions of time i.e. running forward and never backwards, cause and effect, etc. Indecisiveness associated with "changing his mind" implies that he does not have omniscient knowledge of what will take place in the future. Therefore, if he knew what would take place there would be no justifiable reason for him to "change his mind".
Hope this makes sense.
Edited by DevilsAdvocate, : No reason given.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Dr. Carl Sagan

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