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Originally posted by bwind22
Let me paraphrase what I get out of this... "If you had God's knowledge, then you would know your course of predestination."
Well, that's partially true. If you had God's view of the universe and complete absense of time, then yes, you would be able to see how things will end up for you, but once again, it will only be because you are seeing all of time at once.
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Yes, you would know your course of predestination AND would be unable to change it. The difference, when it comes to free will, lies in what you know and what you don't know. It wouldn't feel like free will if you had god's knowledge of your life. But you don't, so it feels like you have the power of choice. But the idea is that the knoweldge is there! Only, you don't have it. God does. Here's the thing:
You say: "I have free will. Just because God knows the choices I will make, does not mean I still do not have the choice. Choice = free will."
I say: "You don't have free will. Because god knows the choices you will make, they aren't really choices at all ... you just think they are."
And I'm afraid we may have to leave it at that.