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To: Dimensio

Omniscience is not to say all-controlling, prior knowledge of something does not preclude control of it.

Take for instance I know that tomorrow the sun will rise, or maybe tonight a meteor will destroy the earth, or clouds will cover the sky or it might rain. Knowing all these could happen, if any of them do does that imply I have control over them?


277 posted on 08/18/2005 7:54:49 PM PDT by aft_lizard (This space waiting for a post election epiphany it now is: Question Everything)
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To: aft_lizard
Take for instance I know that tomorrow the sun will rise, or maybe tonight a meteor will destroy the earth, or clouds will cover the sky or it might rain. Knowing all these could happen, if any of them do does that imply I have control over them?

You do not "know" these things as God does. You did not create them and you do not control them. You miss the point. God created man and when he created man he knew what they would do. That is the control. Man has no free will. Free-will would imply that he could change his destiny from that which God thought he knew.

286 posted on 08/18/2005 7:59:09 PM PDT by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: aft_lizard
Omniscience is not to say all-controlling, prior knowledge of something does not preclude control of it.

That's true. The argument regarding a lack of free will is based in God's alleged omniscience, omnipotence and the premise that He is the ultimate creator of all things.
295 posted on 08/18/2005 8:01:50 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
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