RE: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

When we speak of God, we are certainly on very weak grounds. That is why there is such a thing as revealed truths, which can never be the conclusion of any logical chain of human thought, but tells us something about God. For instance, when we say, "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," we are certainly embedding Him in time, which would be somewhat equivalent as saying that He exits in our universe. In addition, what does it mean when we talk of God's knowledge? I really have no idea. Certainly, God does not acquire knowledge as we do. He just knows. His knowledge is not temporal!

Moorad

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From: j burg [mailto:hossradbourne@gmail.com]
Sent: Thu 6/5/2008 3:14 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad
Cc: David Opderbeck; Terry M. Gray; AmericanScientificAffiliation
Subject: 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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