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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Omniscience vs. Free Will (again!)
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Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 04:06:23 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 25 04:06:23 1984
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I have to agree with Paul on this one:  God's omniscience does
not imply determinism.  If I somehow knew every move you were
going to make before you made it, it would be a case for my
having precognition but not against your having free will.  So,
God's knowing what you will do in the future doesn't mean that
you have no choice in doing it.  Foreknowledge does not imply
causality.  Or is there something here I am missing?

It seemed remarkable enough for me to be agreeing with Paul
that I had to post this.  However, this is all pretty academic
to me, as my actual beliefs do not include the person-god that
we are discussing.  But she/he *is* fun to discuss!

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall