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To: stuartcr

Ah,this is an old, old question. If God knew a trillion trillion years ago the fate of ever human, every ant, and every neuron, then how can there be free will? More to the point, what could possibly be the point of existing and why would God ever go through the motions of creation in the first place? Big questions that can bother the mind greatly.


68 posted on 12/02/2011 9:42:29 AM PST by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: Doctor 2Brains

And they probably will forever.

How did the idea of God knowing the future and it being impossible for Him to be wrong, come about?


71 posted on 12/02/2011 9:47:04 AM PST by stuartcr ("Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different.")
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To: Doctor 2Brains
If God knew a trillion trillion years ago the fate of ever human, every ant, and every neuron, then how can there be free will?

Because He's omniscient, He can foresee what each person will do with his free will.

74 posted on 12/02/2011 9:52:50 AM PST by kevao
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To: Doctor 2Brains

Just because G-d knows (and knew and will know) the result of every human decision, does not negate the concept of free will.


100 posted on 12/02/2011 10:29:28 AM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: Doctor 2Brains

Not looking for a religious debate, and this may not be the correct answer to that age old question, but.....

I’ve told my boys as they were growing up and even now when they need reminding - Even though you have free will, God has a plan for you - so you can make bad choices and end up on the hard road, or you can make good choices and end up on the easier road - but bottom line is, you will end up where He wants you to be, it’s just how you get there that’s your choice.


118 posted on 12/02/2011 11:12:23 AM PST by Grumpybutt (When it gets too much, turn it all off and turn to God - for only HE has the real plan.)
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