@robvalue Could you have gone through the blue one?
In a branching time scenario, yes. If time branches, with every possibility occurring in its own reality, you would, in some realities, go through the blue door and, in others, go through the red. From the perspective on an objective observer, such as an omniscient God, none of these realities are the 'objective' or 'true' reality - they are all equally real. However, to the person within the reality, they would only experience a one of the myriad possible realities. So, an omniscient God would be aware of all the realities and all of the choices you make in those realities.
"God appears in the room, which has only these two exits, and tells me I will walk through the red door in 5 seconds, I'll walk back through it again in another 5 seconds, then I'll walk through the blue door after 5 more seconds. He knows I will do this since he knows everything."
This one is a bit trickier. I suppose God could suspend your free will to ensure this happens. Or God doesn't do this and leaves you free to choose, leaving open the possibility that you don't do it. In any case, if we are presupposing the branching time scenario, and God is trying to accurately convey what will happen in the future in an objective sense, God would have to say something like "there are numerous options open to you and in different realities you will choose different things."
In a branching time scenario, yes. If time branches, with every possibility occurring in its own reality, you would, in some realities, go through the blue door and, in others, go through the red. From the perspective on an objective observer, such as an omniscient God, none of these realities are the 'objective' or 'true' reality - they are all equally real. However, to the person within the reality, they would only experience a one of the myriad possible realities. So, an omniscient God would be aware of all the realities and all of the choices you make in those realities.
"God appears in the room, which has only these two exits, and tells me I will walk through the red door in 5 seconds, I'll walk back through it again in another 5 seconds, then I'll walk through the blue door after 5 more seconds. He knows I will do this since he knows everything."
This one is a bit trickier. I suppose God could suspend your free will to ensure this happens. Or God doesn't do this and leaves you free to choose, leaving open the possibility that you don't do it. In any case, if we are presupposing the branching time scenario, and God is trying to accurately convey what will happen in the future in an objective sense, God would have to say something like "there are numerous options open to you and in different realities you will choose different things."
