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To: HiTech RedNeck

Actually, God exists outside of time, so He knows what you are going to do already. We still have free-will, but God gets a sneak peak. :)


39 posted on 02/20/2017 4:00:31 AM PST by Lazamataz (TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
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To: Lazamataz

The bible does have an example of God addressing hypothetical situations. (David wanted to know if an enemy in another place would kill him. God said yes. The meeting never happened.)

A fair synthesis of the factors might actually give us something we could put into words, but wouldn’t make either classic Arminians or classic Calvinists entirely happy.


41 posted on 02/20/2017 4:04:23 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Lazamataz

... and dogged scientists might talk about it in terms like collapsing wave functions, but truly the only grip on this that is entirely knowledgeable is God’s only. The secret things belong unto the Lord alone forever.


42 posted on 02/20/2017 4:08:59 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Lazamataz

And I suppose I could quibble that what you put as free will, ought to be something more like free moral agent. What we can do is still contingent on factors outside our control. Choosing something beyond that contingency is literally an impossible task. However we can, through God’s grace, learn how to choose things beyond any human expectation.


43 posted on 02/20/2017 4:15:58 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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