(September 23, 2013 at 1:59 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Well, partially because I assumed you wouldn't want to characterize your god as having created man to fail automatically, but I guess I forgot who I was talking to.Yeah, it doesn't bother me.
Quote:And also, unlike you I seem to have actually read Genesis; god's questioning tone in the verses post-fruit eating indicates a lack of foreknowledge on this point.Or it was a rhetorical device, such as parents frequently use with children.
Quote:If god indeed had foreknowledge, then I'm sure you're familiar with the concept that omniscience, by definition, obstructs free will;Depends on your definition of free will.
Quote:if god knew what would happen and everything goes according to his will, then that's oppressive without my needing to say another word.If their very thoughts were predetermined by god, then they aren't beings which can be oppressed. It's like saying that a computer programmer oppresses his programs.