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god has no free will
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RE: god has no free will
(December 16, 2014 at 11:27 am)dyresand Wrote: well from what i just read he is saying god only needs to know some things not everything. yet in the bible it says god knows everything. so he just said god is imperfect because a perfect god needs to know everything even useless things.

Indeed - I just think the argument fails either way



(December 16, 2014 at 11:30 am)Heywood Wrote: I am saying that to be able to know something requires that something to have the potential to be known.

But that's a cop-out for God. If God doesn't know something, it is reasoned away with, "Oh, well that couldn't be known anyway." When we lack the potential for knowledge, theists defer that knowledge to God. So my question is, if God lacks the potential for knowledge about something, why do we not likewise defer to the next higher authority?

Actually, the question is rhetorical. The answer is that the process would go on ad infinitum.
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god has no free will - by dyresand - December 14, 2014 at 9:31 pm
RE: god has no free will - by The Valkyrie - December 14, 2014 at 9:38 pm
RE: god has no free will - by IATIA - December 14, 2014 at 9:49 pm
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 14, 2014 at 9:59 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Whateverist - December 16, 2014 at 9:33 am
RE: god has no free will - by IATIA - December 16, 2014 at 9:55 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 15, 2014 at 12:33 am
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 15, 2014 at 6:17 pm
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 15, 2014 at 6:41 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 15, 2014 at 7:06 pm
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 15, 2014 at 7:20 pm
RE: god has no free will - by IATIA - December 15, 2014 at 9:39 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 15, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 15, 2014 at 11:20 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 10:56 am
RE: god has no free will - by Spooky - December 15, 2014 at 7:35 pm
RE: god has no free will - by rexbeccarox - December 15, 2014 at 7:38 pm
RE: god has no free will - by IATIA - December 15, 2014 at 9:47 pm
RE: god has no free will - by robvalue - December 16, 2014 at 1:30 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 9:26 am
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 9:42 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 9:52 am
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 10:06 am
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 10:44 am
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 10:58 am
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 11:02 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 11:07 am
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 11:30 am
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 11:40 am
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 11:16 am
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 11:27 am
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 12:00 pm
RE: god has no free will - by dyresand - December 16, 2014 at 12:05 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 12:16 pm
RE: god has no free will - by JonDarbyXIII - December 16, 2014 at 1:06 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Heywood - December 16, 2014 at 7:01 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Whateverist - December 16, 2014 at 9:57 am
RE: god has no free will - by FatAndFaithless - December 16, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: god has no free will - by robvalue - December 16, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: god has no free will - by Whateverist - December 16, 2014 at 7:10 pm
RE: god has no free will - by IATIA - December 16, 2014 at 7:11 pm

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