Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

At 11:48 AM 6/6/2008, Iain Strachan wrote:
>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.

I think the point goes some thing like this. Suppose at some point
you have to decide between A and B. God has foreseen that you will
choose B. Is there any possibility that you can choose A? If not, how
can you claim to have a choice?

>Iain
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Received on Fri Jun 6 12:59:56 2008