[PLUG-TALK] Michael, On the subject of God.

Michael C. Robinson michael at robinson-west.com
Fri Nov 14 17:27:36 UTC 2003


On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 08:03, Russ Johnson wrote:
> On Thursday 13 November 2003 09:10 pm, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> > Yes.  I don't however believe that we have anything
> > but free will with regard to our actions and choices.  
> 
> This is illogical. 
> 
> How can some being know what you are going to do, yet you still claim that you 
> choose to do it? 
> 
> The two concepts are mutually exclusive.  
> 
> It's either on, or it's off. There is no middle ground. 
> 
> > God knows multiple possibilities
> 
> If there are multiple possibilities, then God doesn't know everything that 
> will happen. If you have a choice, then God can't know what you will do. 
> Making your belief in his ability to know what will happen, wrong. In other 
> words, he's not omnipotent. 
> 
> He either knows what you will do, or he doesn't. There is no middle ground.
> 
> If he knows what you might do, he doesn't know what you'll do.

Why are you putting limitations on God Russ?  Just because 
he knows multiple possibilities does that mean he doesn't 
know which one?  Maybe your problem is that you're 
restricting Him in time.  I'd say knowing from among all 
possibilities what we will do without removing free will 
from us makes him more than just omnipotent.  Look at Him
being outside of time and suddenly it isn't so hard to 
see how He can know what we are going to do without
making us do it.  
 
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Michael C. Robinson

Associates of General Studies 
PCC March 2003.
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