RE: Theists: How can predetermined fate and free will coexist?
December 18, 2016 at 6:52 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2016 at 7:35 am by purplepurpose.)
Rob, If this reality is 100% predetermined, then by definition there is nothing to see or test for God. I guess, this reality wouldn't exist if God didn't get Something out of it.
P.S. Sorry for the off topic.
Also, robvalue, I was thinking, if we are talking about peaceful religions, who have a brutal doctrine of hell and heaven. Is it right to say that people avoid such ideas of afterlife, not because they are silly, but because, if doctrine of "hell or heaven" is taken seriously, then all our life joy is destroyed by fear of upcoming judgment.
P.S. Sorry for the off topic.
Also, robvalue, I was thinking, if we are talking about peaceful religions, who have a brutal doctrine of hell and heaven. Is it right to say that people avoid such ideas of afterlife, not because they are silly, but because, if doctrine of "hell or heaven" is taken seriously, then all our life joy is destroyed by fear of upcoming judgment.
