then isn't he responsible for everything that happens?
He could make you do whatever he wants and by not making you, he is also deciding, because he knows what you will do.
Sounds passive-aggressive to me.
2007-12-15 16:37:10 · 13 answers · asked by J K 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ok, some people aren't reading. Its not just all knowing... its all powerful too.
As an example. Lets say you 'know' that your neighbor is molesting his children. You have the power to call the police. But you refuse, because you think you would be violating your neighbors freedom of choice if you did.
In this case, you would be responsible, because you could have stopped it.
2007-12-15 19:08:30 · update #1
If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, then he is responsible for everything that happens and deserves all of the blame for evil. This would also negate any form of free will. An omnipotent and omniscient God who blames us for evil is simply passing the buck.
2007-12-15 16:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It looks as though Daisy Indigo is the only one that understands the question put forth. Everyone else needs to read her response. Put it this way....would you go to all the trouble to set up a game/puzzle or experiment when you knew all the outcomes? What is the point? Where is the meaning in that? Not only does it make God sound passive-aggressive, but he has way too much time on his hands....I'd like to think there are much more productive things he could be doing besides running a game with a set outcome.
2007-12-16 00:54:43 · answer #2 · answered by raveniiz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the reformation a French theologian named John Calvin advocated the belief in Christianity of predestination. He said that God decided at the beginning of time who would go to heaven after death and who would not , and that our moral lives would fulfill that predestination.
It has been explained that God gives us "free will" so that we may learn how to live virtuously and resist temptation. However, He knows which of us are weak, and who will fall into sin and who will not. And so in this way He already knows who goes to heaven and who goes to hell.
So basically, we are allegedly living lives that are already completely decided for us, from the everyday things we do, to the good deeds and the sins, and ultimately to the verdict on judgment day.
Best wishes, Lady Ivy
2007-12-16 02:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by Lady Ivy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is responsible. But, the notion of free-will still exists. Imagine getting on a flight in Miami, FL and you are pre-destined to end up in Seattle, WA. Notice that I used the term 'Pre-Destined'? We are all pre-destined for Heaven or even to be Christ-like. What happens along the journey is entirely up to us. We could rock the airplane, kill the pilots and fly to Mexico, use the lavatory, well you get the idea. Our choices are ours. God can see our lives before he creates us. He can also intervene as He chooses. But, for the most part He allows us to live our lives as we choose because, He did not want to create a bunch of robots. He wanted to create creatures that would choose to love Him. I have chosen to love Him.
2007-12-16 01:02:34 · answer #4 · answered by fuzzy falcon 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That is the ultimate question isn't it? So if an all knowing God exists, then what?
If our future is already written, how do we have a choice?
And if we are destined for Hell and God already knows it, then what is the point of being born at all?
Why would God give Adam and Eve a choice when he already knew what they would choose?
He created us to love and obey him? He already knows some of us will not, why were they created?
He is not giving us a chance to repent, you see? He already knows what we will choose.
Etc.
2007-12-16 00:42:08 · answer #5 · answered by Daisy Indigo 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
An omniponent knowing has little relationship to our own free will. We can't even begin to understand the power of God as we are limited in how we can perceive Him. He does NOT "make us do whatever He wants" -- I can't understand where people get this reading. It's flawed logic.
2007-12-16 01:08:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anna P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you plant a tree do you decide that it will grow leaves some day
2007-12-16 01:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by Minetto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He does not make us do anything. He made us to love and obey Him. If He were to force us to Love, then it is not Love because love cannot be forced. He allows us to do things as we do because He is sovereign. He is not afraid of losing His sovereignty.
2007-12-16 00:42:45 · answer #8 · answered by Sherry 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well since you don't know the answer to this question, I conclude that you are not God. Therefore what you think about God is purely conjecture.
2007-12-16 00:42:18 · answer #9 · answered by asher3620 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If God made you do everything He wanted you would be a robot, or a puppet. He gave you free will.
2007-12-16 00:41:39 · answer #10 · answered by Thrice Blessed 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋