(December 15, 2016 at 12:42 am)operator Wrote: You just contradicted yourself. Saying he knows what you will do because he has seen the future is the equivalent of saying he already has determined what you will do because he knows what you will do before you do it. Your actions have been predetermined.
God created everything right? He created the future, the past, the current moment, everything. Either that or you're saying god does not intervene in human affairs... which is it?
It's simple. Most, if not all christians see their god not as an actual omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent being, that has full control of the Universe. They see god as a dude with a crystal ball and a magic wand. Like a very advanced alien, who has enough power and knowledge to f*ck with ignorant peasants, but who's still mainly just a spectator in what is - supposedly - his own creation.
As long as you don't develop your understanding of philosophy beyond that of a child - you don't have to comprehend what the existence of an actual all-powerful, all-knowing entity would entail. You can just hide behind the dishonest platitudes fed to you by the clergy and other parties, with keen interest in keeping you ignorant, subservient and obedient.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
