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To: stuartcr
"and God knows your intent, right/"

Yes, God is omniscient.

Peace and blessings

69 posted on 04/09/2013 3:01:43 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law

Seems like it must be ok with Him, otherwise, why create you if He knows you’re going to commit suicide and go to hell?


74 posted on 04/09/2013 3:12:39 PM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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To: Natural Law

“and God knows your intent, right/”
Yes, God is omniscient.
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I am not sure I agree with that. I am struggling with the concept of omniscience vs. free will, and the definition of omniscience. Can God know that which is unknowable? If not, is He not omniscient? For example, God cannot know the eye color of my third child— because I have no third child. That does not make God less than omniscient.

If God gave us free will, He could have created us so that even He cannot predict what we will do. Kind of like a young child before whom a piece of candy is placed. We have a good idea of what he is likely to do, but we do not know for sure.

Anyway, my tangled thinking...


105 posted on 04/10/2013 7:24:03 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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