RE: 10 Questions Biblical Literalists Cannot Honestly Answer
June 22, 2017 at 6:21 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2017 at 6:32 am by John V.)
(June 21, 2017 at 10:06 pm)Khemikal Wrote: ...............no, no one has
Why do you think that prefacing acknowledgement of a lack of support with ................ somehow helps you?
Quote:......and yet, you don't think gods an automaton, he's that special case.
Wrong again.
(June 21, 2017 at 10:03 pm)Succubus Wrote: I can't address it because I don't have the remotest idea what it means, and I'm pretty sure you don't either.
I know what it means. Mister Agenda seems to as well. If omniscience precludes free will, and God is omniscient, it follows that God doesn't have free will. You can propose a mechanic by which God knows everything (which of course includes his own actions) and yet has free will if you like, but so far no one has.
Quote:The lord repented for a scenario of his own devising and knew the consequences of an ∞ number of years ago? Infinity is a long time to repent, outwitted by the talking snake he himself programmed. He knew exactly what the snake would say, so why didn't this daft bastard of an omni-everything god scrap the whole thing and start again? It's all sooo confusing.
If you assume that somehow God is omniscient yet has free will, then...why should he scrap the whole thing? He's happy with the final outcome - he ends up with those who love him forever. Those who love him are likewise thrilled with the outcome - I like life here on earth as it is, even with the suffering. Eternal life with God and no suffering is great! Why should he scrap that?
