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To: forest; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; betty boop; .30Carbine; Quix; adiaireton8

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.

15,708 posted on 06/21/2007 7:11:30 AM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Forest Keeper; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; .30Carbine
[.. 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." ..]

God can choose good or evil.. heaven or hell.. debit or credit.. right and wrong.. beneficial or maleficient..

Its you and I Kosta that are not to make those choices.. i.e. Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.. (See Genesis) Only God can make those choices..

"For when we DO(decide good and evil) we will be like GOD"- Gospel of Satan...
i.e. eating from the fruit of the tree of good and evil..

15,709 posted on 06/21/2007 7:44:03 AM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; hosepipe; betty boop; .30Carbine; Quix; adiaireton8
FK: "To choose does not mean one is indecisive. It just means to prefer one thing over another."

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!

How do you define "creating a possibility", and what makes you think God must go through this exercise in order to make a choice? Do you agree with Jesus in Matt. 19:26 "... with God all things are possible"? If all things are possible, and yet not all things happen, how can you say God does not make choices?

15,749 posted on 06/24/2007 5:52:30 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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