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To: stuartcr
Even in the absence of a foreknower, it would be true that, for instance, a certain coin flip will end in only one of heads or tails, not both - yet that fact doesn't mean that the other outcome was impossible. Likewise, neither does God's foreknowledge of the outcome mean that the other outcome is impossible.

Do you mean God can be wrong?

No. Whichever the outcome, He's know it forever.

You mentioned another outcome. How can there be another outcome? There is only one outcome, the one that God knows before it happens.

There's the actual outcome, that God knows, and conceivable outcomes. Even after the coin has been flipped and seen to come up heads, we can imagine it having come up tails - that's the "other" outcome.

No offense, but while I’m sure you believe you do, I don’t think you really KNOW anything about God’s foreknowledge.

Naturally my finite brain can't completely understand the infinite God - but you have yet to show that my understanding is any less than yours.

I have no desire to show you that my understanding is any more or less than yours. I have no understanding of God or His behavior, just beliefs.

I do not make statements about God’s behavior or characteristics like you do. I know I may be wrong.

As do I: "Naturally my finite brain can't completely understand the infinite God".

Your statement...’Likewise, neither does God’s foreknowledge of the outcome mean that the other outcome is impossible.’ would lead one to believe that you actually know that as a fact.

That's a fact about logical (non)relationships, not about God per se - you implied a contradiction between foreknowledge and judgment when in fact no such contradiction exists.

116 posted on 07/10/2012 12:26:49 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

OK...actual outcomes and imaginary outcomes??

This is wher I’ll leave you to yourself. Thanks for the conversation.


126 posted on 07/11/2012 8:59:22 AM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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