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To: Forest Keeper; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; betty boop; .30Carbine; Quix; adiaireton8
I am not sure if you will get this or not, since you willbe on vacation, but eventualy you will catch up.

As to Him being "driven" by possibilities or uncertainties, I really don't even know what you mean by this

To put it succinctly: God is never in a dilemma. God is absolutely certain about everything. Ergo, He is never in a position to "choose." 

Does God ponder "Should We do this or that?" Implying that God must pick among choices that are somehow forced upon Him is anthropomorphism par excellence — making God fit our image — which seems to be very prevalent among Protestants.

15,628 posted on 06/08/2007 2:30:26 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; betty boop; .30Carbine; Quix; adiaireton8
To put it succinctly: God is never in a dilemma. God is absolutely certain about everything. Ergo, He is never in a position to "choose."

I agree with the first two statements, but not with the third. To choose does not mean one is indecisive. It just means to prefer one thing over another. For example, God COULD have chosen to let salvation be based on merit, so apparently, only Mary would be saved. But He made another choice instead. He knew what He wanted all along, but both scenarios could not be simultaneously true.

Does God ponder "Should We do this or that?" Implying that God must pick among choices that are somehow forced upon Him is anthropomorphism par excellence — making God fit our image — which seems to be very prevalent among Protestants.

No, there is no indecision about God. But, for the reality He wants, it means that some other reality does not exist. Those are the choices He makes.

15,706 posted on 06/20/2007 9:37:36 PM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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