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“That’s called ‘free will’.”

No, that is wrong. Free will cannot be random, or it is not free will at all. This is essentially the argument of the materialists, that we only have the illusion of “free will” but really all our choices are determined by random processes.

“An omnipotent God can decide that being omniscient is really, really boring, and elect to not look ahead and ‘just see what the monkeys are doing’ today.”

Perhaps, but then God isn’t really omniscient. He would have the ability to be omniscient but not exercising it I suppose. These questions, and the like, such as “can God create a weight so heavy He can’t lift it?” are all kind of silly though, since one of the other classic properties of a theistic God is ineffability.


103 posted on 08/20/2020 2:53:37 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
"This is essentially the argument of the materialists, that we only have the illusion of “free will” but really all our choices are determined by random processes."

Interesting, but IMHO it's wrong. There are set rules (physics) that exist. An apple falls from the tree; an orange is laying on the ground; a pear falls into your lap. While those are random happenstance, do you as a sentient being NOT have the choice which to eat? I disagree with "materialists". That's why I also disagree with mindful human discrimination being bad.

We do it every day from the choice of breakfast to the time we go to bed. It IS the burden of being sentient beings.

113 posted on 08/20/2020 10:01:22 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamo nauseated. Also LGBTQxyz nauseated)
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