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To: stuartcr

“Do you believe that God knows what is in a persons heart when they die, even before He creates them?”

That question assumes that God is inside of time, which I don’t think is the case. The premise is erroneous.

“I believe that God, as the creator of all, is responsible for everything, including evil.

I do not know why.”

So since your God is responsible for evil, does that remove from people any responsibility for evil acts they do? Would this negate any philosophical basis for holding people responsible for crimes, even though we will do so on a practical basis? How much moral free will do you believe we are operating with?


203 posted on 08/16/2010 10:36:39 AM PDT by Pelham (Islam, the mortal enemy of the free world)
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To: Pelham

Regardless of whether God is in or out of time, the person is in time. So does God know what is in a persons heart, when that person dies?

No, it doesn’t remove people from their responsibility for evil acts while they are alive.


206 posted on 08/16/2010 10:43:01 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: Pelham

Do you plan on answering my question about how you know if my questions are in good faith or not, and why?


207 posted on 08/16/2010 10:44:16 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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