Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

On 6/5/08, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> (in part) wrote:

"God, on the other hand, does not exist in this universe and thus is
not limited and so His prior information is such that He knows
beforehand the actual outcome of any experiment that we may perform."

I understand that to be your theology, Moorad, but I hold that it does
not rest on a firm foundation.

I agree that God exists independently of the material universe. But I
suggest that HE does NOT know in advance exactly what each of us will
do at certain decision points and so the future continues to unroll
for Him as well as for us.

If this were not true, I do not understand how I could possibly claim
"free will."

We can perhaps agree that the issue is a paradox in any case.

Cheers

Burgy (4th post today so I'll shut up for awhile)

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Received on Thu Jun 5 15:15:08 2008