if we have free will. Logically the two are mutually exclusive?
2006-09-11 04:23:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
william
if god can see the future he can see every thing that will happen, and he knows every choice you will make. therefore you have no choice, you will do what god has seen that you will do. thus at every juncture there is something that you WILL do, there is no free will to choice somthing else
2006-09-11 04:36:45 · update #1
Actually many many theologian acknowledge that the omni words (omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent) are really meaningless. It is mostly the academically isolated that still cling to them.
2006-09-11 04:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Pablito 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
You've placed question marks at the end of two statements, which only makes them look like questions.
Actually, you have answered it yourself. The two are mutually exclusive, and therefore can exist together.
One thing really has nothing to do with the other. If a being is omniscient, do you suppose it has the ability to choose where to put it's power? In other words, a being which is all powerful must also have free will. If we believe that we are created in that beings image, then free-will becomes part of the package. Or, more aptly put, our free-will is a result of the omniscience of g-d.
Existentially speaking, the expression of free-will by mankind does not negate the existence of a higher consciousness, in fact it may reinforce it. The only thing which can possibly negate the existance of a "g-d" would be a person's ability to rise to that level of consciousness. Even the eastern religions with the concept of "nirvana" do not imply that that state will bring you to the level of omniscience, and neither will the expression of free- will.
In actuality, free-will more often serves to pull us the other way, and the control of our free-will is as important as our expression of it.
2006-09-11 12:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by MALIBU93 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If there is an omniscient God, it is as if the play has already been written. We are actors in the play and we have a script. If we deviate from the script then God is not omniscient.
We have the illusion of freewill, that's all. Of course this implies that an omniscient God would know ahead of time who will be eternally tortured, but creates these people anyways.
It's good to know that no such monster exists.
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If there is something god doesn't know, this includes future events, then he is not all knowing. It's amazing to see the mental gymnastics some will do to defend their deity. Msg me if you would like.
2006-09-11 11:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our having free will and acknowledging an All-Knowing God (omniscient means "all-knowing") is definitely mutually exclusive. God gives us free will to make choices that ultimately lend themselves to the ultimate experience of becoming one with the Ultimate Reality. I honestly believe that God is all-knowing, all-seeing and everywhere at once. There is no in-between where the Eternal One and us is concerned. But understand this, friend-- because of who God is in all of us, we can come to know that we are all One in Her. Such knowing can and will change our perceptions about ourselves, our lives in this world now and in our futures. In the end, it's all about returning to the Source.
2006-09-11 12:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by dragonmaster_3d 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
om·ni·scient
1 : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
2 : possessed of universal or complete knowledge
I fail to see how being all knowing goes against free will?
2006-09-11 11:30:31 · answer #5 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
its a tad complicating indeed.
2006-09-11 11:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by RP 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
see this link:
http://www.godnames.org
2006-09-11 11:40:46 · answer #7 · answered by lukman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, danger will robinson, danger
2006-09-11 11:26:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋