RE: Can prayer change God's perfect plan?
May 10, 2017 at 11:26 am
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2017 at 11:28 am by MellisaClarke.)
(May 10, 2017 at 10:53 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 9, 2017 at 1:22 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: bold mine
I'm really confused. First it does not micro manage or predict the future and lets nature take it's course, then in your scenario it micro manages, the future is known, and there is a predetermined outcome.
If it already knows that a single person will pray and what will be prayed for and how the prayer will be answered (micro manage a detail of one persons life), the person has no free will. They are simply following a predetermined path.
I don't see how that's contrary to free will. My belief is that God knows what will happen because he can see all of time happening all at once, not because He is controlling everything that is happening. We still choose our actions 100%. He just knows what those actions will be because He is seeing us do it, not because He controls what we do.
Doesn't God control everything though?
I think that's a part of being omnipotent.
I will ask my pastor the question as another person here suggested. Still uncertain about question in first post.
