(August 22, 2010 at 8:33 am)fr0d0 Wrote: If Christians agree that God knows everything & that is determinism then yes.interesting re christians. So would It follow that if the universe was underministic that Christianity was false? Or is there a get of jail card on this?
wikipedia Wrote:Deism, a philosophy articulated in the seventeenth century, holds that the universe has been deterministic since creation, but ascribes the creation to a metaphysical God or first cause outside of the chain of determinism. God may have begun the process, Deism argues, but God has not influenced its progression
Understnad the definition of deism, however it doesn't necessarily follow that all deists are determinists. Just wondered if you had a view?
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.