Quote:So let's assume this hypothetical person is you. Do you have a choice to reply to this post or not? Or... Does the fact that God already knows what you're going to do alter the fact that you have complete full choice in it, you predictable sod?God created everything in his own design. Even that nifty taste of Carlsberg is his design (at least he got something right), and he knows how everything will end. He knows who will go to heaven and who will got to that wicked rock and roll party in hell.
Now, if God already know how my entire lifespan will turn out, and if he originally designed me, how can I proclaim free will? As an individual, I will see every choice I make as my own, but God will know every answer before I do. Than what is the purpose of free will, when it’s all part of a design?
On a second note, I believe it was Augustine and Thomas Aquinas that debated this subject on the extent of God’s will and original sin. (Though Thomas Aquinas did all the talking since Augustine was long dead.)
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