RE: Intercessory prayer is pointless
September 28, 2018 at 8:40 pm
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2018 at 8:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 28, 2018 at 8:38 pm)SteveII Wrote:That's probably a great example of your wife not exercising her free will, yeah. She has a compulsion.(September 28, 2018 at 8:26 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote: But your god knew that you would, you had no choice in the matter.
That does not make sense. I know my wife will choose chocolate ice cream over butter pecan every time. Does that mean she is not exercising free will?
Quote:God derives his knowledge of what we will do given every actual and counterfactual circumstance because of his perfect predictive knowledge.Perfect predictive knowledge carries an implicit claim to fatalism. Christian People™ who want to maintain a libertarian free will, rather than your compatibilist free will..have other options.
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