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Author Topic:   Free will vs Omniscience
jar
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Message 561 of 1444 (814484)
07-10-2017 11:58 AM
Reply to: Message 560 by Phat
07-10-2017 11:38 AM


Re: ** FOREknowledge** Remix.
Phat writes:
My first question today is this: How could GOD conceivably not have foreknowledge?
Many of the God characters in the Bible do not have foreknowledge beginning with the God in Genesis 1 and right on through most of the Old Testament.
the Genesis 1 God character writes:
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Notice the god is looking at what she created and only then sees that it was good.
the not all that bright Gen 2 god writes:
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Note this god makes all the animals and then brings them to Adam to try out. A God that had foreknowledge would have known the while the sheep were okay they just wouldn't really do. Adam and Baaa just sounds wrong.
As you should know by now I can keep up bringing Biblical examples for as long as you like.
Phat writes:
How is it that God has perfect knowledge of what we did and what we might have done yet not be evil in one case yet not in the other case?
Stop and think Phat. The evil God is evil for CREATING the person knowing that the person will be condemned. Judging after the fact based on the evidence is entirely different.

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jar
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Message 941 of 1444 (880110)
07-29-2020 4:13 PM
Reply to: Message 939 by PaulK
07-29-2020 3:46 PM


Re: Introducing An Old Argument Revisited
Good and bad are simply human concepts and constantly mutable. But religions, particularly the Judaic trio have always created a god that fit their individual needs at that particular moment and within that particular era and mythos. Good and bad exist only within the context of that instant. What was bad might be good when viewed from some other moment and will always change and evolve to meet the needs and desires of every individual.
This should be patently obvious to anyone actually reading any of the so called scripture of any of the trio.
Free will vs Omniscience though is often comforting masturbation.
Edited by jar, : applin spallin

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jar
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Message 1037 of 1444 (880883)
08-13-2020 12:03 PM
Reply to: Message 1036 by Phat
08-13-2020 11:42 AM


Re: ** FOREknowledge**
Phat writes:
You have stated before that you believe GOD to be "complete" rather than simply "good". I might point out that God and His fallen angel together are in a sense "complete" but that God is eternally good.
Yet you provide neither evidence OR any reasoned argument to support your assertion or to respond to the points I raised in the post to which you are replying.

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jar
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Message 1063 of 1444 (880979)
08-15-2020 3:56 PM
Reply to: Message 1062 by Phat
08-15-2020 3:18 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
Phat, you still refuse to even consider what you post and so post stuff that is simply silly.
Phat writes:
2) God informs them that they are sheep (or goats) because they did what they did. Thus, even if He foreknew their destiny, they chose their destiny based on what they did in this life.
The reason the god you and the Apologists market and worship is so evil and despicable and vile and unworthy of anything but scorn is not what the individuals do or don't do, it is what you say your god did.
Is the god you worship and market the creator of all that is, seen and unseen?
Does your god have foreknowledge?
Stop dancing and playing the Apologist palm the pea con.
Is the god you worship and market the creator of all that is, seen and unseen?
Does your god have foreknowledge?
Edited by jar, : deplorable ----> despicable just to keep the Word Nazi happy.

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jar
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Message 1065 of 1444 (880983)
08-15-2020 5:12 PM
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08-15-2020 4:13 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
So once again you simply tap dance, palm the pea, try to con the rubes.
Is the god you worship and market the creator of all that is, seen and unseen?
Does your god have foreknowledge?

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jar
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Message 1067 of 1444 (880993)
08-16-2020 7:20 AM
Reply to: Message 1066 by Phat
08-16-2020 1:37 AM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
What is the topic and what have you argued in this topic?
In Message 1062 did you say
Phat writes:
2) God informs them that they are sheep (or goats) because they did what they did. Thus, even if He foreknew their destiny, they chose their destiny based on what they did in this life.
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin

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jar
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Message 1074 of 1444 (881008)
08-16-2020 12:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1072 by Phat
08-16-2020 11:20 AM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
You still don't seem to understand the issue is not with human behavior but rather the God character's behavior.
If the god is the creator of all that is, seen and unseen, and if that god has foreknowledge and if ANYONE is damned to hell then that god is vile, evil, despicable and unworthy of any worship or respect.
You simply cannot have it any other way.
The issue is that neither you or any Apologist has ever accepted the reality of the god you and they market.
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin

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jar
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Message 1080 of 1444 (881022)
08-16-2020 3:41 PM
Reply to: Message 1075 by Phat
08-16-2020 2:32 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
Yawn.
Stop looking for silly stupid stuff.
None of the silly stuff you posted is anything but more palm the pea.
It really is simple.
If the god is the creator of all that is, seen and unseen, and if that god has foreknowledge and if ANYONE is damned to hell then that god is vile, evil, despicable and unworthy of any worship or respect.
You simply cannot have it any other way.
The issue is that neither you or any Apologist has ever accepted the reality of the god you and they market.
Nothing matters in this issue but what god does.

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jar
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Posts: 34026
From: Texas!!
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Message 1084 of 1444 (881031)
08-16-2020 4:10 PM
Reply to: Message 1083 by Juvenissun
08-16-2020 4:01 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
And you too simply show how utterly clueless you are. Your post has absolutely nothing to do with anything I have posted.

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jar
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Message 1092 of 1444 (881043)
08-16-2020 9:41 PM
Reply to: Message 1089 by Phat
08-16-2020 8:58 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
Phat writes:
jar writes:
Nothing matters in this issue but what god does.
that is an argument worthy of satan. It is irrelevant what God knows. All that is relevant is what we do.
And so once again instead of addressing the issue raised you once again like all the Apologist simple refuse to even consider the crap you market.
Again Phat, what is the topic?
It really is simple.
If the god is the creator of all that is, seen and unseen, and if that god has foreknowledge and if ANYONE is damned to hell then that god is vile, evil, despicable and unworthy of any worship or respect.
You simply cannot have it any other way.
The issue is that neither you or any Apologist has ever accepted the reality of the god you and they market.
Nothing matters in this issue but what god does.
In Message 1062 did you say
Phat writes:
2) God informs them that they are sheep (or goats) because they did what they did. Thus, even if He foreknew their destiny, they chose their destiny based on what they did in this life.
If you made that statement then you were claiming that god DID have foreknowledge and that some people were treated as Goats.
Or of course like all the carny huckster you can once again simply refuse to address the issue I presented.

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jar
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Message 1098 of 1444 (881072)
08-17-2020 12:56 PM
Reply to: Message 1097 by Phat
08-17-2020 11:15 AM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
And so once again instead of addressing the issue raised you once again like all the Apologist simple refuse to even consider the crap you market.
Again Phat, what is the topic?
It really is simple.
If the god is the creator of all that is, seen and unseen, and if that god has foreknowledge and if ANYONE is damned to hell then that god is vile, evil, despicable and unworthy of any worship or respect.
You simply cannot have it any other way.
The issue is that neither you or any Apologist has ever accepted the reality of the god you and they market.
Nothing matters in this issue but what god does.
In Message 1062 did you say
Phat writes:
2) God informs them that they are sheep (or goats) because they did what they did. Thus, even if He foreknew their destiny, they chose their destiny based on what they did in this life.
If you made that statement then you were claiming that god DID have foreknowledge and that some people were treated as Goats.
Or of course like all the carny huckster you can once again simply refuse to address the issue I presented.

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jar
Member (Idle past 414 days)
Posts: 34026
From: Texas!!
Joined: 04-20-2004


Message 1105 of 1444 (881084)
08-17-2020 8:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1103 by Juvenissun
08-17-2020 8:06 PM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
True. I don't see any connection between the stuff you post and either the points I raise or the topic of the thread. Yup, nothing there to see. You are correct.

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jar
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Message 1109 of 1444 (881094)
08-18-2020 9:03 AM
Reply to: Message 1106 by Juvenissun
08-18-2020 7:38 AM


Re: Sheep & Goat Behavior and Gods Foreknowledge
And so once again all you offer is a pointless bumper sticker. Classic Christian Cult of Ignorance behavior.

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jar
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Message 1110 of 1444 (881095)
08-18-2020 9:13 AM
Reply to: Message 1107 by Phat
08-18-2020 8:14 AM


Re: Understanding The Argument From Different Perspectives
Phat writes:
I hope that he can understand that I am attempting to describe a God Who is Omniscient yet not evil, since we still made our own decisions as humans.
Did we make the decision to create ourselves?

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jar
Member (Idle past 414 days)
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From: Texas!!
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Message 1117 of 1444 (881116)
08-18-2020 12:42 PM
Reply to: Message 1114 by Phat
08-18-2020 11:33 AM


Re: Understanding The Argument From Different Perspectives
Phat writes:
jar writes:
Did we make the decision to create ourselves?
No.
Who decided to create us?

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