Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM, j burg <hossradbourne@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/5/08, D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com> wrote:
>> Burgy,
>> You're confusing knowledge with causation.
>
> I don't think I am. Claiming no particular expertise here, all I can
> off is that it is my view that paradox is involved no matter if you
> agree with Moorad or me (or any other view I've seen).
>
> If God knows that I will be in church next Sunday, then I can have no
> choice in the matter. I can't handle that idea. I understand that
> others can.

Isn't it more the case that God knows what you're going to choose to
do? After all the whole point of the Gospel is that God knew at the
outset that we were going to make wrong choices; and that salvation
through the Cross was the plan at the outset.

Iain

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Received on Fri Jun 6 11:48:24 2008