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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
PaulK writes: All I see is that God is inevitable. God is past. God is present..(today...right now.) God is future(in that He always will be...at each present moment that I live.) To be knowable it must be inevitable. And unless you are proposing limits to God's foreknowledge, it must be inevitable before you exist. If God knows something, He knows it whenever He so chooses to know it. We cannot say that God must by necessity always know BEFORE we choose. We can but say that what we choose is known. Why? Because God knows us. Personally I believe that God chooses to know only as we choose. It is His gift to us and it is our responsibility. He allows us to freely create our own destiny...in communion with Him. With God, there is no before nor after. There only is communion. Look again at my verses from Revelation. God was. God Is. God will forever be. The Beast(a symbol of rebellion) Once was.(as Lucifer the angel, perhaps.) Now is not. And yet is for those whose names are not in the book of life. They chose their destiny. Their destiny may be said to be Gods responsibility since He initially created evil...but I believe God only created the possibility of evil.... Fallen angels actualized the possibility and humans choose the eventuality...or not. Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
OK I see your point. One question, though. If God knows AFTER we make our decisions, does this not mean that He would also know BEFORE? The only inevitability is God Himself.
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
jar writes: So the only way to truly have free will is if God is wrong occasionally? I see no freewill in your scenario unless we can decide to take the right path and God be wrong. Edited by Phat, : spallinChance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
jar writes: what is needed for us to have freewill is for god not to know the future. Is it logical for the Creator of all seen and unseen to not know the future? Is there any particular reason that we dare imagine a God who not only does not know the future but is essentially amoral? Not personable? Ive researched your basic idea of God.
jar writes: GOD is complete. GOD is all. GOD is Yin and Yang. GOD was and is and will be. Is GOD worthy of respect, acknowledgement or praise? IMHO, yes. And fear and awe. And love and honor. GOD Is! And yet humans are supposed to correct this God when God gets something wrong!! Unbelievable! Anyway...my conclusion has yet to be reached on this subject. Edited by Phat, : No reason given.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
ringo writes: His allowing us to even have free will was allowing us to even have a point of view apart from His. Perhaps He wanted us to have the freedom to disagree with Him. We may have to ask Lucifer about that one, though I doubt we could get a straight answer out of him. If we have "free will", we should be free to consider God wrong, from our point of view.![]() Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Stile writes: I think I see your argument. In Gods mind, there is no choice. no free will. There simply is or is not. God has foreknowledge of what we are going to decide based upon our own personal reasoning abilities (in 2015, God has foreknowledge that I'm going to choose to take the left path in 2025).God is not wrong. In 2030, even I have past-knowledge of me taking the left path in 2025. In this scenario, God has foreknowledge, and can't be wrong (in 2015), and we have freewill. Thus within His mind we have no free will. The argument is that we could have chosen no other path than what God sees in His mind. From our standpoint, however, we behave and react as if we are making choices. Whats so wrong with that? ![]() Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Im not talking about the character in the book...im talking about GOD, Creator of all seen and unseen...whom you supposedly believe in.
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
I limit my own freewill in that IF I choose Yes I couldnt possibly have chosen No.
Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
jar writes: Because God loves. Why does anyone have a favorite pet? What possible reason could you imagine would make humans "more attractive" than germs? But if the God is the creator of all that is, seen and unseen, why would it favor humans over pond scum?Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
GDR writes: ...That future is open and unknowable, even to God. Open Theism makes sense to me. It basically has human decision and Gods interaction as co-creation. Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Belief is not always pointless. You are a perfect reason why I believe free will trumps omniscience. It would not be logical for God to create you foreknowing you to not believe. God loves Tangle as much as he loves Mother Theresa.
It will be a grand testimony when the final chapters of your life have been written.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
NoNukes writes: The creation of the possibility of evil was a consequence of allowing free will. The creation of a universe that includes the possibility of free will inevitably involves good and bad events. NoNukes writes: Good point. Is it God's fault that our sun is only going to last a few billion years? Ringo seems to think that anytime anyone (human or Deity) can do good they should do good. But the sun analogy brings up the point...is it Gods responsibility to make sure every created thing lives forever?Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
.. if I'm not making the choice, who is? jar writes: Did it ever occur to you that "the inevitable" is doing you? You claim you are making a choice but since the outcome is known before you make it you are not making the choice, simply doin' the inevitable.![]() Another way to explain this. Say that all knowledge is the result of choices in time. We make choices moment by moment throughout time. At any given moment in time we are either in communion or out of communion. You may argue that simply by knowing the moment makes the Creator responsible and potentially evil. I would argue that the decision of each moment is ours.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
There are many things that some chapters of club christian believe which cannot be proven. Life happens like that. Books can tell us a lot, but nothing trumps experience. Once one has experienced certain truths, no book can deny this experience.
Granted I often make many "salads." Any one of us can have an opinion or a belief, and thanks to Percy (and freedom of speech) we can present our ideas publically for critique and evaluation. I test many ideas and adapt some while rejecting others. What GOD knows is irrelevant to the lives which we live and the choices which we make. I believe that GOD chooses everybody, just as you do. I disagree with the idea that we are only expected to try and do our best. You minimize the idea of getting to know GOD....having decided that such an endeavor is impossible at best. I feel that I am beginning to know Him..though I have a long way to go in this relationship. Whether we humans truly have free will or not, we are responsible for what we will. (And what we do) By the way, you can't simply pick and choose which God you choose to worship. Ultimately, the Creator of all seen and unseen will have His way whether humans call Him evil or not. We should be unconcerned with what GOD knows and when GOD knows it.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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Phat Member Posts: 18348 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
Personally I think that what annoys many people is the whole idea that they can never decide to do something apart from what God knows.
Tough.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. —RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain
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