(May 24, 2016 at 6:32 pm)dyresand Wrote: What's the point of knowing everything knowing every single outcome and giving humans the illusion of free will...
Oh, I now see the problem.
Omniscience alone is not a deterrent to free will.
I mean, a psychic, if one was to ever truly exist, could know something about someone's future, but in the end does the psychic actually have any control over ensuring that future happens?
Omniscience is not the same as being a puppet master.
However, since theists are fond of stating that god is omnipotent, therein lies the problem. If anything, we should be complaining that god does not prevent a child from being raped by her father. He is omnipotent, after all. Omnipotence carries a heftier responsibility than mere omniscience.
In the end, I understand that religion has no claim to free will whatsoever. In the end, the one important claim for which religion needs to answer is omnipotence of its supposed god.
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