17 Feb '09 14:15>
The argument that free will and God's omniscience (FW v O) are logically contradictory can be countered in many ways. Here's another way of looking at things.
The argument rests on the idea that God can ONLY know our future choices if they are pre-determined in some way.
BUT .....let's think about this..
If God really did exist as eternal , omniscient and omnipresent how could he NOT know your tomorrow?
You could have as much free will and choice as you like and make any one of a million potential choices , he will still know. How couldn't he?
My counter question is this. How could one prevent an eternal omniscient God from not knowing your future?
Do we really think we can "trick" God because we have many choices? If we made truely random choices would that mean that God would be at a loss?
Of course not , he sees tomorrow like he sees everything. He cannot be prevented from knowing. Thus it matters not whether our choices are random , free or determined - there's no way he cannot know -
He just HAS to know!
The argument rests on the idea that God can ONLY know our future choices if they are pre-determined in some way.
BUT .....let's think about this..
If God really did exist as eternal , omniscient and omnipresent how could he NOT know your tomorrow?
You could have as much free will and choice as you like and make any one of a million potential choices , he will still know. How couldn't he?
My counter question is this. How could one prevent an eternal omniscient God from not knowing your future?
Do we really think we can "trick" God because we have many choices? If we made truely random choices would that mean that God would be at a loss?
Of course not , he sees tomorrow like he sees everything. He cannot be prevented from knowing. Thus it matters not whether our choices are random , free or determined - there's no way he cannot know -
He just HAS to know!