Re: [asa] God, Chance and Purpose

From: gordon brown <Gordon.Brown@Colorado.EDU>
Date: Fri Jun 06 2008 - 13:15:02 EDT

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, j burg wrote:

> 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.

God is outside time. Whether an event is past or future to us does not
make it past or future to God. Therefore the answer to your question ought
to be the same as the answer to the question "If God knows that you were
in church last Sunday, does that mean that you had no choice?"

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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