RE: Do you believe in free will?
March 25, 2012 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2012 at 3:04 pm by genkaus.)
(March 25, 2012 at 6:55 am)NoMoreFaith Wrote: You better throw out God's omniscience then. I assume you are aware of the argument from free will and omniscience.
He is a theist. I wouldn't assume he is aware of anything.
(March 25, 2012 at 6:55 am)NoMoreFaith Wrote: You better throw out God's omniscience then. I assume you are aware of the argument from free will and omniscience.
In short;
1. If God is omniscient, he knows all things
2. We have free will, defined by being able to make an uncoerced choice between alternatives.
3. For free will to exist, there must be uncertainty about what choice you will make.
4. Uncertainty implies doubt about the outcome.
5. An omniscient God cannot doubt about the outcome.
5. Therefore an omniscient God does not exist.
Playing devil's advocate here.
The problem here would be the third premise: For free will to exist, there must be uncertainty about what choice you will make.
How would you justify that free-will requires uncertainty of choice? That's not a part of definition of free-will.
