Originally posted by @dj2beckerSo from the second of these assertions, the feeling that we do make decisions is an illusion to be explained, if there is no free will.
If we have free will, we can choose either to obey or disobey God. If we have no free will we can't make decisions.
Originally posted by @vivifyThe first verse God seems to be saying that the family line will be ministers to him, but certain ones it seems will not be. I don't see the contradiction.Numbers 23:19
19 God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
1 Samuel 2:30
“Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me!
“Perhaps they will listen and each ...[text shortened]... cerning the calamity that I intend to bring on them because of their evil deeds.”—Jeremiah 26:3.
In the second example, God laid out for Moses what exactly the Children of Israel would do and how they would fall away. He knew from the get go. God is simply reiterating what it takes for man to reconcile with him and what he knows will eventually come to fruition.
Originally posted by @vivifyAgain, God knew that there would be those who would reject him. To say otherwise would be to say that we have free will with no one ever rejecting him. Would that really be free will? No.
The bible doesn't say that. You're adding adding to the bible, a big no-no according biblical doctrine. It's also erroneous, since Paul makes it clear that human decisions plays no part in who God chooses to be saved.
the bible says that some people were created for wrath. Obviously, that means God explicitly created people to go hell; he had no intention of letting them choose salvation.
Originally posted by @whodeyThe very next verse:
The first verse God seems to be saying that the family line will be ministers to him, but certain ones it seems will not be. I don't see the contradiction.
31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age
Saying "no one" in that house "will reach old age" is clearly a threat of death---for everyone, not just "certain ones".
In the second example, God laid out for Moses what exactly the Children of Israel would do and how they would fall away. He knew from the get go. God is simply reiterating what it takes for man to reconcile with him and what he knows will eventually come to fruition.
And God is still explicitly saying he'll change his mind under certain conditions.
Originally posted by @dj2beckerLet us get the elephant out of the way. You speak about God as if it were a fact of reality. But it is just a made up thing in your head, with no factual basis whatsoever.
If we have free will, we can choose either to obey or disobey God. If we have no free will we can't make decisions.
So you sound totally stupid. Have you even researched this subject, of course you did not.
Originally posted by @whodeyThat is an interesting issue. Despite yourself.
Again, God knew that there would be those who would reject him. To say otherwise would be to say that we have free will with no one ever rejecting him. Would that really be free will? No.
Foreknowledge of events yet to happen is mysterious. If you KNOW my choice, did I have one?
Originally posted by @apathistYou make it sound like God does not exist and this is just some made up thing in your head. You just sound stupid.
Let us get the elephant out of the way. You speak about God as if it were a fact of reality. But it is just a made up thing in your head, with no factual basis whatsoever.
So you sound totally stupid. Have you even researched this subject, of course you did not.
Originally posted by @whodeyWhere in the Bible say that God just knew and did not create things to do what they do?
Again, God knew that there would be those who would reject him. To say otherwise would be to say that we have free will with no one ever rejecting him. Would that really be free will? No.
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Originally posted by @apathistTo me God is a reality. I'm sorry if this sounds totally stupid to you. If you feel that you have in fact researched this subject feel free to enlighten me.
Let us get the elephant out of the way. You speak about God as if it were a fact of reality. But it is just a made up thing in your head, with no factual basis whatsoever.
So you sound totally stupid. Have you even researched this subject, of course you did not.