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.
INDEED.
THX for the ping.
Not when you are the reason both possibilities exist, FK! The "choice" God makes, then, must come from possibilities He created. That would make God subject to His own creation!
The it's not a choice, FK. If I know from the first day I can remember what I want, then I am not making a choice.
But, for the reality He wants, it means that some other reality does not exist.
If it doesn't exist then its' not a choice. It was never created. If it was created, then it exists only because God made it.
God cannot choose evil because God did not create it. Evil is not a creature that has life of its own. God is good not because he "chooses" to be good, FK! God never had to choose between good and evil.