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To: NCLaw441
" I am struggling with the concept of omniscience vs. free will"

Foreknowing is not the same as predestination. God knew every moment and decision of our lives since the beginning if time.

A good way to look at this is a hypothetical visit to a cemetery. As we walk through it we see the evidence of lives lived sequentially. If we begin in the oldest section of the cemetery can see the headstone of a person born in 1750 and dying in 1825. A little further on we will see the gravestone of person born in 1830 and dying in 1900. Newer still we will see that of a person born in 1904 and dying in 1985. In the newest section we will see the grave of someone we actually knew, born in 1935 and dying in 2013.

God, existing out of time, would see that same graveyard as though from an airplane, seeing all of the graves from above at the same time.

Unknowable is inconsistent with omniscient. All of creation is the result of a thought from God, He is the Creator.

Peace be with you

110 posted on 04/10/2013 8:29:22 AM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a Bible, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law

I understand your position, but I am not sure I agree with it. God is omnipotent as well as omniscient. He created us “in His image” as well. God certainly could have made us with true free will such that He would not know how we might use that free will.

I believe that God made us for Him and His pleasure. Much like our children, He delights in the good things we do, such as praising and worshipping Him. Again, this is my belief. I don’t so that you are wrong, because we are in the realm of faith, each doing the best we can.

Bless you.


112 posted on 04/10/2013 10:29:25 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: Natural Law

Does God know what people will do before they are conceived?


114 posted on 04/10/2013 11:27:17 AM PDT by stuartcr ("I have habits that are older than the people telling me they're bad for me.")
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