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RE: Gods, Consciousness and Free Will...
Just because God knows the future, doesn't mean He automatically controls your each decision about your "next move". Where is the connection? And why would God have a Judgement Day based upon Him running you into a sewer or cesspool?
Do you play chess? Are you playing or is God playing on your behalf? We KNOW it's not Him, because you would NEVER lose a game. (since there is no luck involved in it).
Thanks for the reply =)
Well, don't you see? If a god exists, and knows every moment of the future, then that future is bound to happen, because it is a supposedly infallible god we are talking about. I'm not saying it controls us/our decisions... I'm saying that if it were true, our decisions are actually all predetermined (and so not really decisions at all).
Still, there is no evidence for the existence of a god of any sort, so I don't take the idea seriously. The only reason I write about it at all is first, because gods and religions have played a big part in history, and in our growth as a species (both artistically and scientifically), and second, because so many people still believe one exists.
again, I brought up a chess game for a microcosm example. Couldn't "that future" contain the contemplation of a bunch of variables before a decision is made? And NO. They are NOT pre-determined. God allows the chess game to be played. He is NAP all the way. ...the reason He has Prophets not lightning bolts to your head! LOL
Now if you don't take the idea of a Supreme Deity seriously, what is the point of this discussion? You might as well stick with the random accident theories, combined with Darwinism.
Now, there is evidence of God all over the place... or at least some sort of "intercession from ETBeings"... or Angels.
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And all you need to do is turn to the back of the New Testament into the Book of Revelation and ask anyone, including yourself, how the frig' did St. John know this stuff which is taking place now, just under 2,000 years ago? FYI we are somewhere along in Ch. 9 or 10 right now... Pay specific attention to Rev. 14:9-11.
I'm replying to you and will post it soon. Thank you for your engaging comment!
I replied to your comment in this post =)
Boys and girls: You either believe the Apostles were telling the Truth in the New Testament, or you don't. You either trust that His Word was preserved properly with the original Greek translation, or you don't.
No debate. You go ahead and call them all liars if you like. It's all about Free Will................