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How Free Will and Omniscience Works
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RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works
(September 3, 2012 at 5:20 pm)idunno Wrote:
(September 3, 2012 at 5:13 pm)Rhythm Wrote: None of which addresses what I just posted to you, at all. I just asked you if you could make a choice and you told me no, but now you say that I can?


I thought he knew it before I chose it, you mean god has to wait until I make choices to know the outcome? Well fuck idunno -I can do that, this guy is sounding less like a superhero and more like my completely average uncle all of a sudden....So, not omniscient?

Haha, I've never argued that you can't make a choice, if that's what you've taken from what I've said you've misunderstood me. My whole point is that a choice does not necessitate alternative options.

I suppose implicit in all of this is the distinction between chronological and logical priority. God's foreknowledge is chronologically prior, but my choice is logically prior. His foreknowing doesn't make my choice for me, I do.

A choice does necessitate alternate options; otherwise, it wouldn't be a choice.

Choice: Noun: The act of selecting or making a decision between two or more possibilities.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
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How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 2:57 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Tobie - August 30, 2012 at 3:28 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 3:53 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Tobie - August 30, 2012 at 4:01 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 4:05 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Tobie - August 30, 2012 at 4:08 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 4:15 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Forsaken - August 30, 2012 at 4:20 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 4:23 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Forsaken - August 30, 2012 at 4:25 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 4:29 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Forsaken - August 30, 2012 at 4:30 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Reforged - August 30, 2012 at 4:33 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 4:37 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Forsaken - August 30, 2012 at 4:41 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Angrboda - August 30, 2012 at 5:14 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by ib.me.ub - August 30, 2012 at 7:04 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 11:36 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Angrboda - August 30, 2012 at 12:07 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 12:40 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - August 30, 2012 at 5:25 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Godschild - September 2, 2012 at 3:10 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by FallentoReason - September 2, 2012 at 3:41 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Godschild - September 3, 2012 at 1:43 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:33 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Godschild - September 4, 2012 at 1:28 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 7, 2012 at 8:18 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Lion IRC - September 2, 2012 at 3:17 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 2:25 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 3:13 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:19 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 3:46 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:15 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:21 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:30 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:32 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:40 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:41 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:53 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:57 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 4:03 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 3:58 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:02 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 4:06 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Haydn - September 3, 2012 at 4:15 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 4:19 pm
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RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 4:58 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Haydn - September 3, 2012 at 5:09 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:05 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:09 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:06 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 4:12 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:16 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:14 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:17 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:19 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:21 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:28 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:31 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:40 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:42 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 4:57 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 5:09 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 4:58 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:08 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:13 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:20 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Tobie - September 3, 2012 at 5:22 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:15 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 5:42 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:16 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:23 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:27 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:31 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:37 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by MysticKnight - September 3, 2012 at 5:32 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 4, 2012 at 4:39 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:39 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 5:39 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by MysticKnight - September 3, 2012 at 5:41 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:41 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:46 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 5:54 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 5:57 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 3, 2012 at 6:01 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 8:21 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 3, 2012 at 9:18 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 4, 2012 at 11:26 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 4, 2012 at 5:14 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 4, 2012 at 7:54 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 4, 2012 at 7:56 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 4, 2012 at 8:00 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by MysticKnight - September 4, 2012 at 8:07 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 4, 2012 at 8:19 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by MysticKnight - September 4, 2012 at 9:10 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Jackalope - September 5, 2012 at 1:09 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 7, 2012 at 12:46 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by idunno - September 4, 2012 at 11:21 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 5, 2012 at 7:50 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 7, 2012 at 8:31 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 8, 2012 at 8:46 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 8, 2012 at 9:50 am
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by The Grand Nudger - September 8, 2012 at 12:12 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by ThomM - September 9, 2012 at 9:17 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by IATIA - September 9, 2012 at 11:10 pm
RE: How Free Will and Omniscience Works - by Angrboda - September 10, 2012 at 1:49 am

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