RE: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

I believe C.S. Lewis would say that the reason God knows that you will be in church Sunday is that He already saw you there! God is not in time and all events in our spacetime is an "eternal now," sort of like the Minkowski diagram in relativity theory.

 
Moorad

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From: j burg [mailto:hossradbourne@gmail.com]
Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 11:24 AM
To: D. F. Siemens, Jr.
Cc: Alexanian, Moorad; dopderbeck@gmail.com; grayt@lamar.colostate.edu; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

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.

Cheers

Burgy

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