(December 1, 2015 at 6:49 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 1, 2015 at 2:54 pm)Constable Dorfl Wrote: Well then, how can you be catholic? The rcc (and other catholic churches, including anglicanism) insistence that god is omniscient means that catholics by necessity have to believe that free will is impossible. For if god knows all, ordinary humans cannot possibly have a choice in their actions.
The belief in free will is a fundamental Catholic teaching.
Yes, we believe God knows everything that happens, that doesn't mean that we don't choose our actions. It means He knows what we are going to choose.
So your god, created me, knowing all along all the choices I would make, including not believing he exists.
And he did this with the knowledge that I would be punished in the Catholic hell. Why would a moral being do this?
Does everything happen according to god's plan?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
