2006-10-06 04:06:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. An omniscient deity with the ability to see the future precludes the possibility of free will.
If my decisions are already known, then they are as good as made; does that sound like free will to you?
2006-10-06 04:11:56 · answer #1 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think it would be interesting to place the question up against the sacrifice that Jesus made. Scripture tells us that the gift of salvation is for all man. However, God knows who will be saved and who will not be, is it really not for all man. Example: You talk on the phone to some of your friends who live in a foreign country on Friday. They said that they were just going to bum around the house all weekend. Saturday you decide to throw a party and invite all your friends. You and your buddy calculate how much alcohol to buy. Do you include those people overseas? No. You know they will not come, even though the party is for ALL your friends. Your friends have free will to chose to come to your party, however you know they won't.
2006-10-06 04:43:29 · answer #2 · answered by Charlos 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a hard thing for some people to comprehend, but God's knowledge does not preclude our free will. He may know what our decisions will be, but the decisions are still ours to make.
For instance, God may have known how I would answer this question, but I am still free to answer it any way I choose to. I am not limited in any way by God's knowledge of what I will do.
2006-10-06 04:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, loose will says that you've the right and potential to modify your life. God will be very good at understanding in boost the way you'll react to a given situation, It does no longer recommend that you do not have the potential to wonder him. if you're a figure, you would locate that you're also good at predicting you baby reaction and yet we are also pleasantly taken aback at the same time as the do better suited that we theory and extremely disillusioned at the same time as they make the incorrect selection. although we ought to enable them make some selections all alone so as learn and boost inspite of ways a lot it hurts us. We do this as a lot because the purpose of no longer allowing they to make blunders which will convey about lifelong extreme complications and that is a difficult line to stumble on. have self belief me, God, our Father, like to have us wonder him by skill of doing better suited issues and beating his expectancies only as you're for you toddlers. imagine about this: in case you could replace your baby's selections or block them then how is this factored into this equation of "loose Will"? Proud Vet
2016-11-26 21:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. As a father, there are times that I know that my daughter will get into trouble based on her decision. However, as long as it is not life threatening, etc, I do not stop her.
I know what will happen if she does it, but she is the one with the free will to choose to do it or not. I see this as how our Father in Heaven deals with us. We are allowed to make our own decisions, God just happens to know what will happen already.
2006-10-06 04:17:38 · answer #5 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question, that has to be one of the harder questions for people who believe that God is sovereign to answer. There are some questions like the one you have asked that I personally look forward to learning the answers to in the next life. If we think we will have all the answers in this life we are kidding ourselves.
2006-10-06 04:13:28 · answer #6 · answered by ry_guy_621 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, free will can be possible, it just means, that God will know, even if nobody's around and you do something bad, noody else will know, except you and God. You can do WHATEVER you wish, steal, lie, anything, BUT God is all knowing and he will know!
2006-10-06 04:17:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does not choose to be all-knowing in many things. After showing us the right way to go, he lets us decide what we are going to do.
2006-10-06 04:25:54 · answer #8 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tough question...
But I will say that free will is not possible if god intervenes.
This includes miracles, sending his son, prophets, or revealing his presence. Any of these would alter an otherwise "free" choice of will...
2006-10-06 04:14:09 · answer #9 · answered by joetho 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
You invite a group to your house.
Those dressed up will be allowed to enter.
Those dressed sloppily will be invited to return home.
Someone shows up dressed sloppily.
Who chose that for them?
Themselves! .....free will.
However, their free will choice placed them in a pre-determined category.
2006-10-06 04:12:46 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋