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To: Shaun_MD

Is it possible to make a decision/choice that God doesn’t already know the result to?


26 posted on 07/06/2007 9:13:58 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: stuartcr

No. He knows everything from the beginning to the end. Yes you have freewill but only God knows the outcome.


30 posted on 07/06/2007 9:21:54 AM PDT by Shaun_MD ("Republic of Texas")
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To: stuartcr
Is it possible to make a decision/choice that God doesn’t already know the result to?

Your question doesn't make any sense.

33 posted on 07/06/2007 9:28:43 AM PDT by frogjerk (If ignorance was bliss, liberals would be happy.)
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To: stuartcr

God is not confined by time or space.


36 posted on 07/06/2007 9:29:59 AM PDT by frogjerk (If ignorance was bliss, liberals would be happy.)
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To: stuartcr
Is it possible to make a decision/choice that God doesn’t already know the result to?

just because God already knows what we will choose does not mean that we don't have free will... He's outside of time... He knows the result... that does not have any bearing on the result...

71 posted on 07/06/2007 10:03:39 AM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: stuartcr

Think of it this way:

You know that if you put your hands on the fire, your hands will surely burn.

You tell your child their hands will burn, too, and give the directions to stay away from the fire, so their hands don’t burn.

But, ultimately, it’s their decision whether or not to obey. You already know what will happen if they disobey....but, you haven’t removed from them the temptation for their entire lives. You may place obstacles in their path, but, sooner or later, because they still have free will, they may ultimately find a way to play with the fire....whether in secret or in the open. And if they make that choice, they will get burned.

Because you knew the result ahead of time, didn’t take away your child’s free will....to obey or disobey. And just because you KNEW didn’t make your child a puppet, either.


77 posted on 07/06/2007 10:08:55 AM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: stuartcr

The physical creation in which you exist and can sense has a built-in ‘uncertainty’ factor which mkaes possible your exercise of free will. That is the level of reality with which you are called to deal. Leave being God up to God, you are a created being.


245 posted on 07/06/2007 11:26:25 AM PDT by MHGinTN (You've had life support. Promote life support for those in the womb.)
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